Reserve for Dummies
11-15-2021 | 09:25 AM
#151
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This. If you're 3 hours by car, blanket YS and GS in for the whole month.
11-15-2021 | 09:35 AM
#152
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11-15-2021 | 09:46 AM
#156
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One is a volunteer to fly on reserve. One is, effectively, a volunteer to fly on days off for a premium. There is a lot on here about it. Also, you should talk to your mentor about the details of how to use these.
11-15-2021 | 10:13 AM
#157
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From: window seat
I guess you move often. Good luck however explaining to the CP why you could not make a 2 hour call out to EWR with a address on record 80 mi,es away in PA and then 3 days later could not make a 2 hour call out to JFK. Best to only use a cell phone if you are going to claim you were traveling ect.. Another good reason not to have a home phone. Keep in mind one of your fellow pilots is going to have to cover the trip that perhaps should have been yours.
11-15-2021 | 10:29 AM
#158
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From: Sitting SC at the Five Towns
We can agree to disagree. I prefer the current system where where you don’t face disciplinary action every time you report 15 minutes late, need 13 hours on long call or 2 1/2 hours on short call. The extra hour in NY is not actually contractual. It was a reasonable gift from the company needed up there.
"In pilot bases with co-terminal airports, a short call pilot’s availability will be determined as follows:
Co-Terminal Airports: EWR, JFK, LGA
Airport Reserve Availability Determined From:
EWR, JFK or LGA."
It seems like you want to read something that isn't written.
11-15-2021 | 11:15 AM
#159
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I will 100% disagree with you on where you live not being important to how you approach reserve. I utilized the reserve system completely different living in base verses commuting. I also used the reserve system differently committing to ATL which was a 4 hour drive verses commuting to NY which is not drivable. There have also been hundreds of posts on here about how to minimize commuting as a reserve.
11-15-2021 | 11:16 AM
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I will 100% disagree with you on where you live not being important to how you approach reserve. I utilized the reserve system completely different living in base verses commuting. I also used the reserve system differently committing to ATL which was a 4 hour drive verses commuting to NY which is not drivable. There have also been hundreds of posts on here about how to minimize commuting as a reserve.
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