Originally Posted by tennisguru

I've never not had golden X days placed exactly where I want them. Maybe your bid was entered in error? There are also some rules regarding how many separate places you get set them. Was this particular Sun/Mon your top golden day bid?

On a related note - people need to add to the contract survey that there needs to be a provision for reserves, at their own discretion, be able to convert a golden X day back to a standard X day. A golden X day only is functionally useful for the first day following LC. I've missed out on IA's because I had a stretch of 3 golden days when 2 of them were pointless and just blocking me from getting the IA call. Also, there have been times where I've wanted SC on that last LC day and been denied due to the golden X day following. There is no reason that I shouldn't be able to go in days and weeks after the initial golden day bids and simply remove that designation. It actually benefits the company since it provides slightly more usability for those reserves on their last day.

Originally Posted by FangsF15

Again, great points.

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Roper, you can do at most 2 sets of 3 or 3 sets of 2. And if you have things like CQ or vacation, Mil Leave, you have less golden days to place as well...

Also, having a golden X- day does NOT prevent you from getting SC, it just moves you to the bottom of the list, and if they need a 1-day pilot, and they are have golden days following, the junior pilot(s) can still get SC. SRH pg 104. I only say this to alleve any angst you may have at any 'guarantee' being lost.

Originally Posted by icohftb

Side question - if single day of reserve followed by golden day - don't you automatically get released at 1200? And if assigned a 1000 report and use the 2 hr NC are you functionally unusable?

Originally Posted by FangsF15

Why would you unusable on a single day preceding a golden day? You can still get a 1-day assignment, and they generally don't like to put 1-day-of-availability pilots on SC anyway (unless I'm missing something)?

Originally Posted by Prospect

Where did we land on ones obligations if they accidentally acknowledge a SC assignment in micrew, when not notified in any other way? I know micrew is not official, but folks had gotten calls from the CPO in the past. Is there a final answer to this, preferably written somewhere?

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by Prospect

Where did we land on ones obligations if they accidentally acknowledge a SC assignment in micrew, when not notified in any other way? I know micrew is not official, but folks had gotten calls from the CPO in the past. Is there a final answer to this, preferably written somewhere?

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by Prospect

Where did we land on ones obligations if they accidentally acknowledge a SC assignment in micrew, when not notified in any other way? I know micrew is not official, but folks had gotten calls from the CPO in the past. Is there a final answer to this, preferably written somewhere?

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by FangsF15

Again, great points.

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Roper, you can do at most 2 sets of 3 or 3 sets of 2. And if you have things like CQ or vacation, Mil Leave, you have less golden days to place as well...

Also, having a golden X- day does NOT prevent you from getting SC, it just moves you to the bottom of the list, and if they need a 1-day pilot, and they are have golden days following, the junior pilot(s) can still get SC. SRH pg 104. I only say this to alleve any angst you may have at any 'guarantee' being lost.

Originally Posted by Roper92

I was under the impression that you would be released at noon before a golden day and the earliest you could start is 1000 if it’s a single day of reserve. Day before an X-day, you can be tagged with a 1000-1600 or even a 1600-2200 SC. It does say you are moved to the bottom of list, but I saw over half a dozen short callers with one day of availability on a Tuesday no less.