Originally Posted by
The Chow
so how many days off would that be? Are they in blocks I.E. you get 11 days off a month which have to be 1 block of 3 and 1 block of 4?
11 days off per month, in blocks of 2-3 at a time. You have the ability to swap reserve on/off days within your schedule, with other pilots, or just dropping a day of reserve duty completely.
Reserve Callout is 2hrs from phone to sign in at the crew room. No Long call. Ready reserve is an 8hr shift at the airport. There are regular reserve lines published monthly and ready reserve lines published as well.
We have a pretty decent reserve proffering system where you can bid for open flying the day before your reserve duty. It goes by seniority, so most senior picks then it goes down the list.