Originally Posted by
blastoff
The other big one is if you're unused on your last day of Reserve, you are auto-released at 1800, even if you have the 1200-2400 call-out...sometimes enabling a same day commute home.
Here's a tasty little morsel from the ASA contract;
(1) A short-call reserve pilot without an assignment on his last day of a reserve period prior to a day off will automatically be released the earlier of:
(a)The end of the on-call period, including his telephone contact period, in accordance with paragraph O.2.a.(1), above; or
(b)2100 on such day local time at the reserve location.
Personally, I like my previous employers better. Auto released at 1700. Granted, an hour isn't that much, but it makes all the difference if there's a flight leaving shortly thereafter and it's the last one home, and scheduling doesn't want to release you.