Just curious if this applies at FedEx.

As an example: You're on your last R day before days off, in domicile. You still have one or two hours of reserve to go but there is an early commercial flight home. Will CRS release you, or consider releasing you, if you are way down on the Leveling list?

Will they release you early (30-45 minutes) on any given R day, in the middle of a block of R days?

Thanks.

 

All depends upon the scheduler.

 

It is worth a try then

Thank you.

 

Trying to get out of work already??

 

Hehe, yep.

Already dropped several trips, ouch on the bank account. It's just that summer is worth more than cash to me

 

I'm no expert on the reserve system but it would seem fair enough (or safe enough) to assume that if you are on your last day of RA (0130-1330) and CRS has to give you 1:30 notification you are pretty much free and clear after 1200.

If this a correct assumption?

 

What? That's crazy talk!!

How did you slip through the cracks, during the FDX interview process?

 

I don't know how I pulled it off.

It's great to be here though.

 

VERY true, and worth the call. Sometimes, when you get in at say midnight from a reserve assigned trip, and get released for your 10 hrs, some schedulers will release you to your days off, some won't. If they don't, call the next morning and speak with a different scheduler.

This is true.

Also worth noting, NEVER answer the phone between 1200-1330 or midnight-0130. Because they can still hook you with late call out parking, at least from 1200-1230 and 0000-0030 they can, and a show time during your reserve period. Also, never answer the phone from CRS if you are released at all. It's your time, but if they get hold of you, you can be on the hook for something. I suggest that if they do call during your released time, let it go to voicemail and check your calender and then you can decide for yourself if you want what they're trying to sell!

 

With the late-call parking option, your notification can be slipped to 1:00 prior. Personally, I'm super cautious, and would probably consider myself "free and clear" after 1230.

However, I know there are some "reserve extension" horror stories out there. I know I've been extended well into days previously scheduled off. Yes, you get paid mucho dinero. But that doesn't change the fact you're still in the field, not at home doing whatever you had planned on your day off. This is also a player when they can slide a day from another block onto the end of your current block. Or they can convert your RB or RA+ into RA. Bottom line, reserve is a great deal........NOT!! Unfortunately, it's merely a distant, repressed memory for those chartered to work on our contract improvements.