Originally Posted by
Delta1067
Another question if I may. It's not because I am too lazy to look up the answers. I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out the contract but it's kind of fuzzy when you are new and I want to make sure I don't screw up. I start reserve on Friday and am coming off a few days off. It says I have to check DBMS or VRU no later than 0200 on my 1st day of reserve when coming off of days off. Does this mean I have to stay up until midnight in order to check DBMS/VRU? I assume icrew is the same as DMBS/VRU? Sorry guys, I"m trying to figure this out on my own but I'm kind of confused on what I need to do on my 1st reserve day. Thanks to whoever chimes in with answer
Delta1067, I know upndsky and unclesam answered your question but as to where to look for stuff this is from When Scheduling Calls page 28-29.
Required Schedule Checks
A reserve pilot must check his schedule and acknowledge a rotation,
short-call period, or rest period under two circumstances:
1. Last Non-fly Day: On his last non-fly day prior to an on-call day,
a reserve pilot must check his schedule between 1500 and 0200
base time. He may be required to report for a rotation or start short
call as early as 0500 base time or start rest as early as 0001 base
time, provided Crew Scheduling has placed the duty or rest on his
schedule prior to 1500,. If is no duty on his schedule prior to 1500,
then he simply becomes a long-call pilot at 0001.
For a non-fly day that does not end at midnight, e.g., Pay Back (PB)
day or Partial Reserve (PR) day, the deadline for placement on the
schedule is 9 hours prior to end of the day, and the deadline for the
schedule check is 2 hours following the end of the day. The earliest
that a pilot may be required to report for a rotation or start short call
is 5 hours following the end of the day. He may be assigned to begin
rest immediately following the end of the non-fl y day.
FWIW, I check my schedule all morning the day prior to my first reserve day. Mainly because I might have put in a YS for a certain trip or requested SC. If nothing was given to me then I check sometime, and shortly after, 3pm. If nothing is there then I'm on long call starting at 12:01 that night and therefore can't show until at 12:00pm on day 1. However, if I was a jerk, and they gave me a 4-day with a 0614 sign in and I decide to not check my schedule at all then at 2am they'd call me. Which considering my drive would mean I need to get up, shower and go to work. If I commuted... oh yuck. Conspiracy theorist will take a screen shot at 3:00.00 to make sure they have proof they can't be assigned a trip prior to 12:00pm on day 1.
Now 80ktsclamp is on the 737. 80 always has something on his schedule. The 737 calls him at 2am anyways, breathes heavy, and starts asking questions. 80 will hang up, the 737 will call back, and it goes back and forth numerous times. Have you seen Scream? Kind of like that. Eventually 80 is running outside in his underwear trying to get away from the 737 because the 737 owns him.
For the neighbors, it sucks. It's 80 in his underwear running through their water sprinklers. Had it been Scary Movie and Carmen Electra, it'd be so much better. But it sucks for them.