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10 in 30/11 in 31 days off for reserves
Long call 12 hours and short call 2 hours to check in
Reserve bucket system, either call me first (Most senior CF called first), or "no preference" (Most junior called first)
Trips are assigned in bucket order (4 day trips to 4 day bucket, etc.) in the following order: long call CMF, long call NP, short call CMF, short call NP
Min day guarantee of 3.75 only applies if trip was not modified from its PBS version. As soon as CS modifies it, MDG disappears, and you get the credit for the flying only(at least this is how it was explained to me). Duty rig applies to scheduled and rescheduled reserve trips, but time spent on a deadhead does not count towards duty rig(Also how I had it explained to me) Also cancellation pay does not apply to reserves. Not getting calledl equals 0 credit for the day.
Ready reserve depends on base, sometimes it is attached to one leg, and can be anywhere from a few minutes long to upwards of six hours (depends on what mood CS is in) Other bases call you out to sit in the airport for 7:30 with no flight assignments. RR sits in this case are limited to 7:30. RR credits half of your duty time.
There is no limit to amount of ready sits, and whoever is up to be called is who gets it (sucks when you go to call first to try to fly and just end up sitting ready) LCR has to have a flight assignment scheduled in order to be called, it cant just be ready. But fly one leg and then ready is acceptable.
We have what the company calls reserve transparency, most pilots call it reserve translucency. It provides little info on other assignments that have been assigned.
Our reserve lines are built and we choose from what is built for us. You basically end up with the same days off each week. Alternating between two days off a week and three days off a week. CS will not let you trade days with yourself unless youre going from an above min reserve day to a below min reserve day. If both days are above min reserves, you cant trade with yourself. Very frustrating.
AM/PM reserves, AM is generally 4a-4p or 5a-5p, PM is 9a-9p. Long call on call 24 hours a day.
We have an early release program, our policy says if they are above min reserve coverage, they will release in order that requests are received. You request how early you want a release, whether or not they accept is up to CS.
100% DH pay.
CS not allowed to schedule us over 14 hours without our consent. They try though. If delays occur we have to fly to 16 hours.
One thing to add for the credit on reserve. All those days paid less than 3:45 and any reserve day where you didn't work will get adjusted up to 3:45 if you manage to break guarantee with what you work. If you can manage to get to 75:00 hours your paycheck can suddenly jump to over 90 hours when they go adjust all the days you credited under 3:45 and pay you for reserve days you didn't get called.
They make it very tough to break guarantee, but it can be a nice bonus when you do.