I was called for draft twice in Feb (same day), twice on 17 Mar, and once so far today (27 Mar)

Passed to block rep and sig

 

The number of B727 FO's sitting Reserve A right now is about 25-30% of what it was eight months ago. However, the B727 op-tempo has not changed one bit, and may have even increased. For example, last summer when we would have 15-20 folks sitting Reserve A, usually eight-ten of them were being tapped for flights and airport standbys Monday through Friday. That requirement still exists today. However, lately, there are only four to six FO's sitting Reserve A. Therefore, Monday through Friday, just about every single B727 FO sitting Reserve A is being utilized (that's right - close to 100% utilization during the week) and then crew schedules still needs to draft like crazy to pick up the slack. Another result of this is that it is now virtually impossible for a B727 FO to drop or move their reserve days due to insufficient reserves.

 

Got called twice last night on the right seat of the 11. once for a tlc trip and one for an airport stby. of course declined 'em both. And we have alot more guys sitting reserve than you guys apparently have on the 727 F/O side.

 

Keep in mind that a lot of intl stuff was messed up earlier this week due to the volcano in ANC and that affected parts of the entire system. I doubt if it affected much of the 27 system but the 11 was highly affected system wide.Tons of draft calls to cover it.

 

Maybe they need more pilots?

 

So how many guys are sitting B reserve. From what I can tell, they aren't getting used very much.

 

If it was the 1 1/2-2 day TLC trip, it sat in OT for a few days for Capts if you can believe that!

 

Imagine that, self-serving guys won't stay home for anything except the fear of drug-violence.

 

0130 saturday--no thank you!

 

I absolutely agree. Last month I had a block of 8 RA days and was called out 5 of the 8 days. The only reason I got a day off in all of that madness was because of a 1-7. I tried to move two R-days in the middle of the week and was denied. I tried to shift the block of R-days a few days: denied. I tried dropping two R days and was told: "Denied due to insufficient reserves."
And we're overmanned? I think not.