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FlyyGuyy 06-12-2025 06:38 AM
Originally Posted by tallpilot (Post 3919718)
Sure would. The airline must have figured that out though since they limited the bidding to 6.
This was my strategy forever. Bummed when they caught on

AXNKAA 06-12-2025 07:54 AM
Originally Posted by 8802 (Post 3919771)
Assuming you don’t get a turn in DOTC for your last day.
obviously

filler

AllYourBaseAreB 06-12-2025 09:06 AM
Originally Posted by AVSkate (Post 3919790)
Are there any commuter protections at AA? For example if reserve starts at 1000, and you attempt to commute in the same morning but don’t get a seat are you protected?
you can keep them abreast to what flight you are on or next available and likely nothing will happen as long as you keep trying to get to base. A “commuter miss” is non-punitive but if you can’t get in at all that day you could be pay docked

tallpilot 06-12-2025 10:44 AM
Originally Posted by 8802 (Post 3919771)
Assuming you don’t get a turn in DOTC for your last day.
Those are fairly rare since there's plenty of people who will do them for MU.

rolo 06-13-2025 07:56 AM
Originally Posted by ImSoSuss (Post 3919479)
it's brutal. Had to burn a sick day after getting a turn assigned to me the day after a pretty harsh 3 leg day that ended a 4 day trip. There are still reserves in my bid status with zero hours this month.
This is happening to me now. Had a SC 4 day filled with missed connections and late nights with no RA due to all the added legs being the product of delays and cancellations. Getting home today with minimum rest before an island turn first thing in the morning. I think I’m gonna be good to do it but next summer will be my third year here and I’m gonna just try to hold a line, no matter how bad.

Name User 06-13-2025 09:22 AM
Originally Posted by rolo (Post 3920114)
This is happening to me now. Had a SC 4 day filled with missed connections and late nights with no RA due to all the added legs being the product of delays and cancellations. Getting home today with minimum rest before an island turn first thing in the morning. I think I’m gonna be good to do it but next summer will be my third year here and I’m gonna just try to hold a line, no matter how bad.
Summer is for lines, winter is for reserve

technique only though

Judge Smails 06-14-2025 04:33 AM
Originally Posted by dwightkschrute (Post 3919592)
On reserve, I once finished a 24 hour 4 day with transcons and 3 hour sits days 2-4. Had exactly 12 hours of rest before starting an 11-hour 2-day. Emailed the fatigue committee and was told the company looks at rest in base as wiping the slate clean from any sort of operationally-induced fatigue. I just called out sick instead
That’s some BS. Operationally induced fatigue does not magically disappear the second you set the parking brake and go off duty in domicile. How does the union allow that from the company?

ImSoSuss 06-14-2025 05:32 AM
Originally Posted by Judge Smails (Post 3920338)
That’s some BS. Operationally induced fatigue does not magically disappear the second you set the parking brake and go off duty in domicile. How does the union allow that from the company?
Because the union knows they are the cause of this by allowing the new RAS rules. We never had these problems under the old system.

Ohh, and I thought we were supposed to get more lines with this new system. Whatever happened to that? Still over 40 percent reserves in some bid statuses.

CRJCapitan 06-14-2025 06:40 AM
Originally Posted by ImSoSuss (Post 3920347)
Because the union knows they are the cause of this by allowing the new RAS rules. We never had these problems under the old system.

Ohh, and I thought we were supposed to get more lines with this new system. Whatever happened to that? Still over 40 percent reserves in some bid statuses.
That never made any sense whatsoever and it's concerning they thought RAS would do anything other than reduce total staffing needs. Did the union magically think more flying would show up with RAS? If RAS isn't lowering the LCW, how would it lead to more lines?

BrazilBusDriver 06-14-2025 06:44 AM
Originally Posted by ImSoSuss (Post 3920347)
Ohh, and I thought we were supposed to get more lines with this new system. Whatever happened to that? Still over 40 percent reserves in some bid statuses.
I'm fairly certain that the airline couldn't recover an operation without 30-35% reserves minimum after watching things for a couple years. Like we'd probably get to DAL crowdstrike levels of disfunction with 25% reserve staffing and a butterfly flapping it's wings in Shanghai. To your point it's 35%+ in small statuses. That accounts for people (present company included) ho'ing out for premium and/or OG, and the zero time line guys snapping everything they can up for MO/MU. If guys ever by and large stopped picking up open time things would be far worse.

Oh well, more mainline pilot jobs I guess. Junior guys, hope you like working 85 hours these summer months. Someday you'll be senior, son.


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