Originally Posted by
capncrunch
QUESTION:I am on long call reserve today and I have tomorrow off, now that is is past 12:00p, am I done for the day? Tomorrow is a soft non X day.
Originally Posted by
PropNWA
If you had a hard X day, you would be done automatically at noon but on a soft X day, it's with Crew Scheduling's concurrence so I guess you have to call and ask to be released.
Originally Posted by
capncrunch
how can they use me if im off tomorrow and I have a 12hr call out?
Originally Posted by
Philly
Let me preface this by: THIS IS HOW I UNDERSTAND IT:
They CAN fly you into your soft (X) days but not golden days (*). If they do that, they give you PB (pay back) on your schedule on your next scheduled work day for exactly the number of HOURS that they used you on your soft (X) day off!
When they fly you for 12 hours into your soft day off, they will just start your next scheduled reserve 12 hours later. I.E. You will be PB (paid back) your 12 hours by just starting your next reserve period at Noon vs Midnight.
Long story short is that they can't fly you into a golden day so that's why you are automatically released at noon from long call preceding a golden day, but not so much for an soft (X) day off.
Clear as mud?
Best...Philly
Originally Posted by
capncrunch
That is what I needed to know, thanks.
It's still mud to me. I get that you can flown into an X day and not a golden day, but I always thought that was from a point where a reserve pilot was already flying or was scheduled for a trip with enough time left on reserve. Do you mean to say that its your understanding a pilot who is on his last day of reserve before an X day ("soft" day) is still considered available for an assignment after noon that day? e.g. can scheduling call at 1400 and assign a trip that has a 0300 sign in that falls on an X (soft) day?
I'm with Crunch in thinking I'd be pretty much in the clear as of noon--not enough time to give me a trip that starts before my last reserve day ends. Heck, it's not flying into the X day, it's starting in the X day in such an scenario.
