Reserve for Dummies
#61
Wait, no I'm on LC tomorrow. I'll pick up real eggs on the way home from the racetrack in my Corvette.
#62
Narrowbody is 3 days min on call. Widebody it's 4 days min. There are some caveats on either side of CQ/certain on pre-posted events, and the last day of the bid month, where you can have less than the min number above. You'll learn them as you go.
#63
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2019
Posts: 391
Is that only for the initial construction of the schedule? Can you stick a PB day into the middle of a stretch of LC if the day is blue?
#64
There is also something called "minimum separation" for certain WBs. For example, for a while, the A350 had a min separation of 9 days. You could build a reserve block below 9 days (but greater than 4 days) during line construction. However, if you had PBS build you a block greater than 9 days, you could not then personal drop a day that would drop you below the 9 days. I don't think any fleets have min separation right now but they can pop up from time to time. I think that change may have to be run by the union...not sure if that's accurate, but I think I remember hearing and/or reading that somewhere.
Another thing we have is a max number of OFF day blocks. It's 5 off day blocks for NB and generally 4 for WB aircraft. Sometimes it can only be 2 for certain WB aircraft, but we don't currently have any with that limit. The last aircraft that had that lime was the 350.
#65
Can’t find crew pickup
Joined APC: Jun 2021
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#66
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 10,067
Kinda true. I took this advice in my first month and it bit me bad. You can only volunteer for 2 short calls. After you get two, every other eligible pilot must get 2 before you can get 3-6. It is that was for voluntary and involuntary assignment
#67
Roll’n Thunder
Joined APC: Oct 2009
Position: Pilot
Posts: 3,555
Correct. As it currently stands there is no real benefit to volunteering for more than 2 SC periods (other than 1 hour towards your reserve guarantee for each period). Now in the next contract it sounds like there will be 1 hour paid on top of guarantee for every SC. That might incentivise more local people to volunteer for it while commuters would potentially get fewer of them assigned.
#69
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#70
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2011
Position: Hoping for any position
Posts: 2,504
Made that mistake once. Once. Caused me an extra night in the crashpad and likely meant someone didn’t get a GS.
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