Reserve for Dummies
10-01-2025 | 05:43 AM
#4061
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I have limited experience in this area but it appears the SC assignments have been really odd. 2100 RAPs with no departures that evening etc. A ton of SC assignments overall - is it because of the higher number of reserves available and CS is assigning as many SC as they have people available?
10-01-2025 | 05:51 AM
#4062
Roll’n Thunder
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From: Pilot
1. Scheduling assigns a stand-alone 30 hour rest period. This qualifies as a non-fly day and the earliest you can be made to report is 10 hours after the end of rest.
2. Scheduling assigns a rotation or SC, AND AT THE SAME TIME assigns rest for 30 hour preceeding report. This is a legal rotation/SC assignment and the 10 hour protection does not apply.
10-01-2025 | 05:53 AM
#4063
Racketeer
Joined: Mar 2015
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From: N60.4858 W149.9327
I have limited experience in this area but it appears the SC assignments have been really odd. 2100 RAPs with no departures that evening etc. A ton of SC assignments overall - is it because of the higher number of reserves available and CS is assigning as many SC as they have people available?
10-01-2025 | 05:59 AM
#4064
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I have limited experience in this area but it appears the SC assignments have been really odd. 2100 RAPs with no departures that evening etc. A ton of SC assignments overall - is it because of the higher number of reserves available and CS is assigning as many SC as they have people available?
Mostly because they can. They're probably just trying things out to see what costs more, a bunch of SCC or the occasional GS that will be caused by no SC. I've seen 3 pilots in the same days available bucket get the 2359 SC. For the two senior pilots, that's pretty much free money, but pennies on the dollar if it saves a GS. SCC credit needs to go up and be paid whether used or not.
10-01-2025 | 06:18 AM
#4065
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Mostly because they can. They're probably just trying things out to see what costs more, a bunch of SCC or the occasional GS that will be caused by no SC. I've seen 3 pilots in the same days available bucket get the 2359 SC. For the two senior pilots, that's pretty much free money, but pennies on the dollar if it saves a GS. SCC credit needs to go up and be paid whether used or not.
10-01-2025 | 06:23 AM
#4066
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10-01-2025 | 06:35 AM
#4068
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Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but I'm saying we should get paid SCC if we're assigned a SC, whether they assign us a trip or not. I just looked the reserve availability list for yesterday and nearly everyone had 6 SC for the month. They're using SC to the max already, we might as well get paid extra for it. The hope would be that they're more judicious on SC assignments.
10-01-2025 | 06:53 AM
#4069
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Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but I'm saying we should get paid SCC if we're assigned a SC, whether they assign us a trip or not. I just looked the reserve availability list for yesterday and nearly everyone had 6 SC for the month. They're using SC to the max already, we might as well get paid extra for it. The hope would be that they're more judicious on SC assignments.
10-01-2025 | 07:02 AM
#4070
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From: N60.4858 W149.9327
Yes, and to be more clear my 2100 and later SC have only once resulted in an early morning DH. This was when I was not expecting anything because my airplane's last departure was around 2130. I got a 0435 report to DH out to another base on a different aircraft. The overnight RAPs are 9 hours so they can cover early morning and late night contingencies like swaps, repos etc.
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