Good responses, and I was more curious to find out how the "local crowd" would respond to this, sitting at home or crash pad on HTL STBY.
I don't know what the answer is to this, it might seem at first that they are trying to save $$$ on the HTL STBY rooms, but I have also been watching it real close and those HTL STBY trips usually are ending up with RESERVES, filling them, but there can be TRIP TRADES into these.
So, in that same vein, in other cities, the HTL STBY's are staying at designated hotels and they are picked up via company provided G.T., so why should we be doing this differently here in MEM ? I believe that to be offered the HTL STBY from HOME, is a conflict with standing practice in other cities and presents a dangerous precedent to the Crewmember, in case something does not go right, such as MISSING A CALL, CAR BREAKS DOWN ENROUTE, NO SHOW for whatever reasons. I also believe that if I accept such assignment from HOME, I should be afforded some kind of protection in case a problem does occur. Is there a place in the contract that dictates the Crewmember responsibilities for HTL STBY's ? If you sit this at HOME and it is printed out on the pairing, do you have to call in prior to the period starting, like you would at the HOTEL ? Do you drive yourself to work assignment or does the Company have to provide transportation ?
Not trying to make this difficult but I wanted to know how folks feel about this and does this need clarification ???