Originally Posted by
FlyingViking
There is a troubling trend with reserves - period. Why have an international reserve start at 4AM in NYC??? If it is for domestic flying, then maybe it should only last 12 hours?? Why is that they lately have started this "oh, it is his first day on reserve so let's give him a 5:00AM SC" ?? Why? I was treated far better at other and much smaller airlines than this. Anybody else have issues or is it just me?
This is standard procedure now to maximize crew utility. After the first day pilots need rest before their next short call (at least for domestic) and placing pilots on early short call their first day back avoids the rest problems for the skeds.
Originally Posted by
Superdad
That's why I like the idea of your first day of reserve automatically being long call. I have suggested it to the LEC as a contract improvement for next time.
It will cost us something, since it reduces our availability. Living in base I have no heartburn with the early reserve, but, it has to be brutal on the folks who commute.