For those of you who are wondering and are on reserve, this is from one of seventeen worthwhile pages from that December 1, 2009 Scheduling Alert I mentioned last night, and this is what happens at 0800 every morning:
How It All Comes Together
When the scheduler begins the trip coverage process, he generates what is known as a Trip Coverage (TC) report. This report lists all available and “legal to fly” pilots for the specific length of trips to be covered, e.g. four-day trips, in order from lowest to highest RAW value. It first lists pilots with days of availability matching the length of trips to be covered, followed by pilots in each successive group of days of availability. For example, a two-day trip TC report will list two-day pilots, then three-day pilots, then four-day pilots. Scheduling must attempt to cover rotations that are outside of 12 hours to report in order of their lengths (longest rotation covered first).
A seniority sequence number is displayed after the employee number to indicate relative seniority among the pilots on the list. If a pilot has lowered his RAW value, this will also be indicated on the report.
If two pilots have the same RAW value and:
• Each has submitted a yellow slip to reduce his RAW value; the senior pilot will appear first on the report.
• Neither pilot has reduced his RAW value; the junior pilot will appear first on the report.
• Only one of the two pilots has reduced his RAW value, the pilot who has reduced his RAW value will appear first on the report.
Every pilot who appears on the TC report is available and legal to fly at least one trip that meets the criteria of the request. The report lists the trip(s) that each pilot is available and legal to fly, in the following sequence:
• Trips that meet the pilot’s preference qualifiers “if needed to fly.” These trips will have an asterisk next to the rotation number.
If the pilot has more than one trip that satisfies his preference qualifiers and he selected any one of the following preference qualifiers:
�� LATEST REPORT AVAILABLE,
�� EARLIEST BLOCK-IN AVAILABLE,
�� MOST BLOCK TIME FOR AVAILABLE ROTATION(S), or
�� HIGHEST TOTAL TIME FOR AVAILABLE ROTATION(S), then the trips will appear in the selected preference qualifier sequence.
If he did not select one of the four preference qualifiers listed, his “preferred” trips will appear in descending order of total credit.
• Trips that do not meet his preference qualifiers, listed in descending order of total credit.
Note: Again, preference qualifiers “if needed to fly” are relevant only after the decision has been made that the pilot will fly based upon his RAW value. They have no impact on whether or not the pilot will fly.
source: deltapilots.org > library > scheduling committee > scheduling alert > scheduling alert 09-05: Reserve Utilization Days and Moving X-Days.