Originally Posted by
cencal83406
How many days prior to the 4th is the 1st? What does the PWA say about when manual coverage for a rotation begins?
I surmise you’re ATL based purely upon the fact your CQ is a 2-day pattern which means no travel day. So add 9 hours to the end of your sim on the 3rd… if that time is still the 3rd you simply go back on call (contactable status) at midnight.
Since you’re going right into an X day after you probably won’t deal with the attempted shenanigan of assigning you a SC period between 10-18 hours after long call start following a CQ day… but remember… you are NON-CONTACTABLE… anything given to you while non-contactable is not fly-now-grieve-later. The only way you can put yourself on the hook is to acknowledge, then it becomes fly now…
Resist the urge to do any schedule viewing while on your CQ days. Just monitor for appropriate contact once back on LC.
3 days...but sometimes I question my ability to count because the SRH says things like "a LC pilot could be assigned a rotation reporting in as many as 48 hours
or more." 
But yes, now reading it again, it seems like the 2nd around 0800 is when CS would start covering trips for the 4th, by which point I'd safely be in non-contactable status.
Very good advice, I will keep that in mind, thanks!
Originally Posted by
tennisguru
No the earliest they would assign a trip reporting on the 4th would be the 2nd when you are in CQ and completely con contactable. Thus you are safe until at least 1800 that day. Even later if your CQ ends after 1500 since you get 9 hours of rest immediately following.
Awesome, thank you. I think I'm starting to get it!
Originally Posted by
FangsF15
If you absolutely must have the 4th off, put an X day there. Depending on what time your trip on the 31st releases, you could get a 30-hour rest on the 31/1st, and then a 1-day turn on the 4th reporting at 1801 (with a notification call at 0001). Very, very likely, but possible. How long is your trip which ends of the 31st?
Originally Posted by
tennisguru
They cannot do this no matter what time his trip ends. He is still a REG pilot at the end of that trip thus has no required schedule check and no way to be notified of any rest until he starts LC at midnight. Assuming they call him right at 0001 and he’s smart and doesn’t answer the phone the earliest rest could start is 0201. They can stitch X day and pre-CQ rest together as long as it is done and notified in advance. So if he’s got a C period day one then they’ve got a small window starting at 0001 01OCT to hit him with a rest assignment. But regardless even if they do I’ve never heard of anyone getting hit with a turn post-1800 on a single reserve day. Like you said it is technically possible but extraordinarily unlikely. Even if such a short turn did pop up it’d probably be grabbed as a WS.
Based on tennis's post and my reading of the SRH I feel good about the 1st and 4th and the whole REG to RSV. It is a 3 day (28-30). As you explained, there is a short window where if CS was
really on their game they could squeeze a 30 hour rest in there based on my start time on the 2nd.
Many thanks for the help!