Alaska Air Hiring
01-27-2018 | 05:42 PM
#2931
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Mar 2017
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On reserve you get 12 days off per month (as well as a good portion of the hard lines get 12 days off per month at least on the 737 side). Everything you pick up on your days off on reserve gets tacked on to the 79 hr guarantee (short call) regardless of how much you fly in the month. I know this is true if you pick up from the company. I’m not sure about from another pilot. I’d imagine it still gets tacked on. Maybe someone else can chime in on this. (I commute so I don’t plan on ever doing this until I move to base and by then I’ll be a lineholder so there may not be a point.)
01-27-2018 | 07:50 PM
#2932
On Reserve
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 10
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On reserve you get 12 days off per month (as well as a good portion of the hard lines get 12 days off per month at least on the 737 side). Everything you pick up on your days off on reserve gets tacked on to the 79 hr guarantee (short call) regardless of how much you fly in the month. I know this is true if you pick up from the company. I’m not sure about from another pilot. I’d imagine it still gets tacked on. Maybe someone else can chime in on this. (I commute so I don’t plan on ever doing this until I move to base and by then I’ll be a lineholder so there may not be a point.)
01-28-2018 | 07:27 AM
#2934
On Reserve
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 189
Likes: 5
From: B737, CA
They want a reserve to work on his day off but only if it helps them become more efficient. If you fly on a day off and cover a trip out of open time it helps them tremendously.
But - If they allowed you to fly on your day off and cover your buddies trip, it does nothing for them. The trip was already covered by your buddy. Therefore, they won’t let you fly unless it benefits them, not the pilots.
This is a perfect example of how ruthless this company is. They will give you nothing, even something as simple as trying to help a buddy out on your day off.
01-28-2018 | 07:35 AM
#2935
Line Holder
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 919
Likes: 3
From: Left, right & center
Even if they’re ruthless, it’s nice that they don’t care less about your quality of life. Most other ruthless managements that could care less actually would care less.
01-29-2018 | 06:09 AM
#2936
Line Holder
Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 55
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The reason is because we work for a ruthless management that could care less about our quality of life.
They want a reserve to work on his day off but only if it helps them become more efficient. If you fly on a day off and cover a trip out of open time it helps them tremendously.
But - If they allowed you to fly on your day off and cover your buddies trip, it does nothing for them. The trip was already covered by your buddy. Therefore, they won’t let you fly unless it benefits them, not the pilots.
This is a perfect example of how ruthless this company is. They will give you nothing, even something as simple as trying to help a buddy out on your day off.
They want a reserve to work on his day off but only if it helps them become more efficient. If you fly on a day off and cover a trip out of open time it helps them tremendously.
But - If they allowed you to fly on your day off and cover your buddies trip, it does nothing for them. The trip was already covered by your buddy. Therefore, they won’t let you fly unless it benefits them, not the pilots.
This is a perfect example of how ruthless this company is. They will give you nothing, even something as simple as trying to help a buddy out on your day off.
Reserve rules are rarely a negotiation priority because 90% of voting pilots are not on reserve.
01-29-2018 | 05:06 PM
#2938
Line Holder
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,292
Likes: 1
Just want to clarify here that it is not 12 days off, it is a block of 120 hours off, a block of 72 hours off and two blocks of 48 hours off.
Some reserve callout times go during two calendar days, so our days off are not by calendar day but by hours.
Some reserve callout times go during two calendar days, so our days off are not by calendar day but by hours.
01-29-2018 | 05:16 PM
#2939
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 725
Likes: 0
From: Port Bus
The bar gets lowered.....once again. Where does it stop?
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