This is also true, and a very real problem.

But to the question posted above, rest does not in, and of, itself, prevent x-day moves. If the days (reserves required/available) allow it.

 

Bonus fact: if you acknowledge the pre-posted rest, if you then make a move that negates the rest and they remove it they are then required to officially notify you. Case in point: I had a pre-posted 30 hour rest period which I acknowledged. I then dropped an IVD right before that rest. The 30 hour rest was subsequently removed but I was never notified and I didn’t fly a trip to have a required schedule check. You can imagine how that blew up in their face when they tried to assign something while I was in acknowledged rest

 

So even if it is advantageous for me to 'self notify' in iCrew, I shouldn't be prevented from x-day moves? Thanks for that info.

Also, if I do 'self notify' in iCrew (official acknowledgement with PIN), can they remove the pre-posted rest if it isn't FAR required? I.e. assign me a trip that reports before the 30/168 violation occurs (legal-to-report)?

 

Scheduling has always had wide lattitude (i.e. no PWA langauge on the topic) to assign rest to reserves. There is also absolutely nothing that prevents them from removing an assigned rest period. The key though is if the pilot acknowledged the rest period there must be some form of notification of the removal (barring the pilot self-acknowledging). Most of the time it is somewhat irrelevent. For example, say they have 5 RES pilots Tue-Thur, all with a golden X day Friday, so they all have pre-posted rest at 0600 on Thursday. Now a 3 day trip hits OT that releases at 1800 Thursday. CS will absolutely remove that rest period on a pilot to assign the rotation. It's not like they are going to send it out to GS in order to protect rest 3 days out. But here's the kicker that is really jacking things up: say now there are those 5 junior pilots with pre-posted rest, and then a 6th senior pilot who does not have a golden X day on Friday so no pre-posted rest. Scheduling is skipping the 5 junior pilots with "assignments" and giving the rotation to the senior pilot. Again nothing in the PWA says they have to remove a rest period (even a pointless one) in order to assign a rotation in seniority order. They will generally only start removing rest periods when there are no other pilots without rest periods legal for the trip.

 

If I'm on LC, and self-release at 6am, is there any benefit to taking an IA later that day? What does an IA pay? Do I get extra or a PB day? Also how's a GS play out in the same scenario?

 

You will get the entire rotation value above RES guarantee (assuming the rest of the rotation is on X days). You only ever earn PB days when an X day is violated, so if you take a 1 day trip on a LC day (even if you are released into rest) you get no PB days. GS is exactly the same. With a GS that starts on a LC day you need to make sure it is coded as F#X not G#X for the first duty period pay to be correctly applied on top of RES guarantee.

 

Just doubling down on what Tennis said, rest on a LC day does not make it an X-day. Sure, after being released at 6AM you have no futher obligation... but it's still not an X-day.

The same is true for FULL days. No obligation, but also no PB day treatment for premium flying because they're not X-days.

 

When in doubt, use the payback day calculator on deltanet. That's what the scheduler will use.

 

If a reserve pilot picks up an IA on days off, do they get payback days?

 

yes. same rules as a gs