Originally Posted by
Adlerdriver
Could an ANC veteran help a rookie out?
I got this in a welcome to ANC email.
"
YOU NEED TO: contact our ramp ops folks 907 249-3333 and give them a
good lcl phone contact #. This is needed to alert you (3 hrs prior) for your
flt's. IF THEY CANNOT CONTACT/ALERT YOU, ramp ops and schd will start looking
for a replacement crewmember (-$$ IF THEY CANNOT ALERT YOU)..."
Maybe this is a stupid question (yes, I know ANC reserves have a 3 hour call out) - but.... Am I going to get an alert call 3 hours prior to departure for every pairing I fly out of ANC?
I looked in the contract and the only thing I was able to find was that an alert call for an international flight earlier than 2 hours prior would be considered an interruption of rest. But I guess that's N/A in this case because............... 
You get an alert call for ALL International flights.
Since every flight out of ANC is considered INTL you get the alert.
One exception is MEM. If you fly INTL out of MEM, either originating or on a layover, you only get an alert if you ask for it (some special wording in FOM) and then they do it whenever they feel like it anyway.
FOM also requires you to notify the local ramp your room number and hotel for all INTL layovers so they know where to find you. There is some interesting stuff in that document if you ever bother to read it
