FDX: Reserve Line Reconstruction CONFUSION
 

Got my R line and vaction awarded. Extended it and using buffers. I'm a little confused about using the Reserve Line Reconstruction option.

"If you have scheduled vacation and are awarded a Reserve Line, you will be compensated RLG and part of your reserve line may be reconstructed. Your vacation bank will be adjusted R-Day Value multiplied by the number of vacation days in the JAN08 bid period. You will then be scheduled for a number of R-days equal to the number of monthly scheduled R-days, less the total number of vacation days."

It says total number of vacation DAYS...is that vacation days originally awarded or total I knocked out after extend/slide/buffer?

Does that mean that they will re-assign R days I knocked out with extend/slide/buffer...put these days back in my month? (hence the reconstruction option to tell thme where I want them). Or do I just keep the number of R days after I extend/slide/buffer?

Also....
"The reconstructed line will contain the originally scheduled blocks of R-days that do not conflict with the actual vacation, vacation extension, or the vacation buffers, unless the number of R-days in those block(s) plus the number of vacation days exceeds the number of R-days in the bid period (in other words, your vacation conflicts with fewer R-days than the number of vacation days). In that case, the line will be reconstructed preserving the greatest number of originally scheduled R-Day blocks as possible."

I've read that 26 times and have no clue on what it means. :confused:

Thanks in advance!

Rat,

January is a 5 week bid month. You will work 19 days (I know you know this, but hang on). Let's say you extended your 7 days vacation to 10 days vacation. You will now work 9 days of reserve.

If you knock out days due to vacation buffer, they will be placed somewhere else on your schedule.

What the long statement in quotes means:

Using the above example, if you knock out 10 R days with vacation, buffer, etc., you will work the remaining 9 R days. If this isn't the case (and normally isn't), they will reconstruct an R line (of 9 days) using the remaining blocks of R days as possible.

Bottomline:

19 - Vacation Days = R days you will work

It doesn't matter if days conflict or not.

Clear as mud??

Ok, thanks. So, even though I'm knocking out more days than awarded (with extend/buffer), I'm still going to work R days minus ORIGINAL vacation day number...hence the re-construction input...to tell them where I'd like to put the knocked out days.

Appreciate it.

It's your choice on the actual number of VAC days. ie You can choose to use the original 7 (leaving some credit in the vacation bank) or expand up to, typically, 10 (which I think actually over-utilizes the vac bank)

R-day vaule in JAN is 4+28. For each R-day they remove due to VAC, they deduct the value of 1 R-day (4+28) Clear as mud?

After removing those days for VAC, they are supposed to try to keep as many of the original days where they are. They like being efficient, so they won't let one day stand alone. But I've found them agreeable to my reqests also. I commute, so I'd like the remaining 9 days at one shot, and they've honored that.

I understand the R day value vs vacation day thing.

So, they 'reconstruct' to put together single R days or small blocks of R days(if there). Do they reconstruct (give back) the buffer days? Or does that go into your M/U bank.

Thanks alot for the help!

OK. I understand your dilema. I guess, depending on which RSV line you have, there could be a total of 11 (7+2+2)? Haven't thought of that. I would assume that if you asked to extend to 10 and actually had 7+2+2, that last one might go to MU bank. I haven't dealt with that, so I'm not sure.

Yep, that's what I'm stuck on.

Trying to figure out of I need to put a comment in the Reconstruction section to address the 4 days I eliminated with buffer.

iii. A reserve line shall not be constructed with R-days in conflict with the vacation period or a vacation buffer.

That's the last line under reconstruction. I don't think you can waive the 48 hour buffer with reserve days. You can get right up to the minute at say 0129z end of duty on a trip, but not rsv.

What happens to the buffer days? M/U? Reconstruction?

The Reconstruction verbage makes it sound like if I added 3 days to my vacation...I will have to tell scheduling where to put 3 days to make up for the 3 I added. Now THAT is a confusing sentence.

You will then be scheduled for a number of R-days equal to the number of monthly scheduled R-days, less the total number of vacation days."

It says total number of vacation DAYS...is that vacation days originally awarded or total I knocked out after extend/slide/buffer?

Rat,
R days knocked out by buffers will be placed somewhere else on your line. They aren't vacation days. Vacation days plus r days will equal 19.