Originally Posted by
johnso29
It blows my mind how helpless our schedulers are. They can't do anything that the computer doesn't tell them to do, can they? I start 5+ days tomorrow. Another reserve is good for 4 days.
Scheduling gives me a 4 day, and leaves the other guy on short call. Now normally this wouldn't be a big deal since we are both in the 4 day bucket, but.....there are 6 four days and a 5 day starting on the 3rd. There are now 3 guys to cover them. I even called them and asked them, and they said that's how the computer did it. I said I understand why the computer did it, but you guys are just hosing yourselves. Think outside the box for crying out loud!!!
Seems to me they are essentially wasting a reserve.
If you are looking at the reserve availablilty, that is bad information. It doesn't tell you WHEN the other guy became available or when he is unavailable. It just looks at some funky day thingy that makes it look as if he is on the hook. I have talked to skeds about this before, and they are clueless about the info we are getting. Dalpa knows about this too, and I doubt seriously if they can/will be able to do anything about it. It sucks.