Reserve at AA
01-31-2022, 05:31 AM
#161
Speed Verified
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Posts: 1,034
Originally Posted by Cosgr
I’ve sitting in a dump of a crash pad in NYC and dealing with getting to/from airports is a nightmare. My folks live an hour and half from the MIA airports, so I figured I could sit reserve there, since there’s no hard callout.
01-31-2022, 05:52 AM
#163
Line Holder
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Position: A320 FO
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Reserve at AA
Originally Posted by Montcalm
I'm not. A number of carriers allow reserve pick-ups regardless of current status (be it line holder or reservist).
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info.
Interesting, hadn’t heard of this before. What airline is this? And do you get over your original line guarantee just for sitting an extra day of reserve on a day off? Sounds incredibly lucrative. Or only get the extra pay if you get called? If the latter, why wouldn’t you just pick up the open trips instead? Just curious how this works, maybe something to look into as we negotiate our contract. But yeah as the other poster said, at AA you can’t currently mix reserve and line concepts.
01-31-2022, 05:56 AM
#164
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2021
Posts: 1,462
Originally Posted by USMCv22
Interesting, hadn’t heard of this before. What airline is this? And do you get over your original line guarantee just for sitting an extra day of reserve on a day off? Sounds incredibly lucrative. Or only get the extra pay if you get called? If the latter, why wouldn’t you just pick up the open trips instead? Just curious how this works, maybe something to look into as we negotiate our contract. But yeah as the other poster said, at AA you can’t currently mix reserve and line concepts.
01-31-2022, 06:05 AM
#165
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Originally Posted by ImSoSuss
Haven't heard of that either. Maybe he is getting it confused with being able to pick up trips in open time or the trade boards on your days off while on reserve which is allowed at most regionals. But being able to add reserve days willy nilly? That is usually not a thing unless they are offering it during IROPs.
Current carrier allows Reserve pick ups. Get paid the higher of min day or actual at the premium rate (generally 200% when they are offering RSV pick up).
01-31-2022, 07:47 AM
#168
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Originally Posted by ImSoSuss
Haven't heard of that either. Maybe he is getting it confused with being able to pick up trips in open time or the trade boards on your days off while on reserve which is allowed at most regionals. But being able to add reserve days willy nilly? That is usually not a thing unless they are offering it during IROPs.
My carrier does this also. Lineholder can pick up reserve days from open time for premium if the company has them available. Can also pick up reserve days from other pilots trying to drop them, but no premium. Get paid greater of min or flown. Can be lucrative for picking up a single reserve day that has small chance of being used, and also pretty beneficial to reserve folks trying to get rid of a day for schedule improvement or to limit their own usability. I think southwest is also able to do trading of trips and reserve between lineholders and reserve pilots, but not sure if line holders there can do straight pickups of reserve.
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01-31-2022, 09:13 AM
#170
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Originally Posted by CaptainSlow
My carrier does this also. Lineholder can pick up reserve days from open time for premium if the company has them available. Can also pick up reserve days from other pilots trying to drop them, but no premium. Get paid greater of min or flown. Can be lucrative for picking up a single reserve day that has small chance of being used, and also pretty beneficial to reserve folks trying to get rid of a day for schedule improvement or to limit their own usability. I think southwest is also able to do trading of trips and reserve between lineholders and reserve pilots, but not sure if line holders there can do straight pickups of reserve.
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