Can AS reserves pick up a trip on their regular days off (eg, the 72 hrs off, 36, 48, 48 hrs off)?

 

So UAL, DAL, SWA, AA, NK, B6, etc all operate in one timezone?


Hold on, did you just somehow imply that Alaska somehow operates in more timezones than Delta? HAHAHAHAHA


Wow. wow. wow.

 

Yes, but only from Open Time. They cannot pick up a trip from another pilot (pilot-to-pilot).

 

Some of these guys carry so much water for management, I heard B&B placed an order for one of these.

 

Well I’ve read through section 25. These reserve rules are the WORST in the industry. I’m not just talking legacies here. Every regional airline and LCC has better rules. Seriously..I had better reserve rules at the past 3 regional I was at. Commuters Will be losing several more days a month with their families. The union reps here that let this slide for this many years should be ashamed.

 

You're just understanding this now?

 

70/30....It has been the hiring mandate for 30 years at Alaska Airlines. 70% must be local to SoCal, Seattle and Anchorage.( Portland is relatively new and was staffed by ex-QX.) Reserve rules and scheduling rules are not very important if you live in base and have good conflict language. 100% of the conflict language left on May 1st 2005. We have been asleep at the wheel ever since as our contract shows. As one of the 30% who dont fit in, it has been a long strange trip these last 20 years. All of the “No votes” have been over ridden by the “home dwellers” and we have a contract that needs to be torn down to the foundation and rebuilt....

 

Can anyone explain this one to me. I just got off the phone with scheduling to see if they could explain why I can't pick up a pilot to pilot trip if I'm on reserve? And I didn't really get a clear answer. The MOU doesn't explicitly say you CAN NOT pick up pilot to pilot trips on your days off....it just says you CAN pick up Open Time trips with scheduling approval. Scheduling said something about people trying drop their victory lap (end of trip Turn) and some of the not being enough credit. I don't understand how that effects anything if a Reservist on their day off wants to pick up turn for more $$$ ....even if it doesn't meet the daily mins. Why would a Bid block holder vs a Reservist make any difference in this case?

Aren't Pilot to Pilot grabs just that? Trips between Pilots that the Company really can't touch. Big Boy rules making sure you have enough rest prior to your start of your next day of reserve to be legal to fly.....just like if you are a line holder and grab a pilot to pilot trip?

What was the name of this thread again??

 

Nothing in the current contract or any other Union efforts are negotiated for anyone that's less than 50% in their seat.

Why would the company want to let guys fly trips for other pilots and possibly time themselves out on reserve and why would the union care if none of them are on reserve?

The thread title is irrelevant; it's like the second law of thermodynamics but instead of entropy increasing with time it's bitterness increasing with thread length;-)

 

See the section 1 definition of “open time”, that’s why.