Originally Posted by
Copperhed51
So I just got my first high speed last night on reserve here at Lakes. It was scheduled for 1453 of duty but apparently they can schedule us up to 15 on high speeds.
Question though...at my last airline if I remember correctly, our duty time started when we started our reserve day. So if we started reserve at 8am and got called out at 8pm, we'd been on duty 12 hours already so a high speed would not have been possible. So is that not how it works here? We're not on duty until our report time? Is it that way at a lot of other places too? I have another high speed on Friday. I start reserve at 10am Friday, fly that night and Saturday morning and get back almost 24 hours after starting reserve on Friday. How is any of this crap legal?
Here is how it's always worked for me in the past; I have a feeling this is what happened to you, as well:
1. You call on reserve at 0800
2. Scheduling notifies you of a high speed reserve assignment, which takes place that same night.
3. Scheduling signs you "Off Duty" at that very moment, to ensure your duty day doesn't exceed 15 hours with the high speed taking place later that night.
4. You start your duty day at the high speed show time.
5. After the high speed, you need, at very least, another 8 hour rest period, before you're back on reserve, or are able to fly another reserve assignment.
If you're Off Duty before the high speed, you're not responsible or liable to scheduling, whatsoever, until your show time. It's just like any other time off, or rest period. If you feel scheduling has been keeping you on duty, before your high speed, speak to one of the union reps. I'm almost sure they can't do this; not legally, or per contract.