There's nothing mentioned about next day off being the golden day regarding assigning SC. You can try to talk to find a more personable scheduler who's willing to discuss it with you. Lots of time they'll look into other guys with 1 day left, and explain why those guys are ineligible. Of the times that I tried to get an explanation from them, it just made me more ticked off... sorry about what happened to you. But hey, we're getting like 8 hrs. of payraise, right?:rolleyes:

Yes, but it's like they're shoving it in our faces!! If and when we get to negotiate/renegotiate I sure hope we take a tighter stance on JV's and code shares or else we will never get bigger in the wide body categories!

Those pilots may be coming off a trip or SC. Look.

Thanks for the reply guys. I asked this question because this happened to me and I was able to get out of it. I talked with 2 schedulers and a supervisor. There were a couple of reserves in Group 1 of short call while I was in Group 2. I asked why others weren't being used. There were some who weren't working/some were, but had golden days on their next X day. Scheduling told me they wouldn't use them because they are released at noon. I referenced 23.S.1.f. They told me it was in a LOA. I can't find anything other than LOA #29 (Scheduling Alert 12-06). It doesn't mention golden days as a factor.

After reading Elvis90's experience I just want others to be aware. Also thought maybe someone would have a better reference.

Thanks again.

For the curious....
 

Hopefully it's either in the works or will be suggested at some point to provide on the availability list what the pilot is doing. It'd clear up a lot of this confusion.

Not long ago I was way way down on the list and they called and gave me a trip. I kept the scheduler on the phone and we went through everyone's schedule.

The scheduler was actually very accommodating and while I caught 1 or 2 pilots that could've done it, it dawned on me that... sigh... a bird in the hand is better than sticking your hand in someones bush... or whatever that saying is. :D So I said, thanks, I'll be there in 13 hours!

However, short call palooza is ON! And I don't think it'll ever be OFF! I mean when they need to assign 14 SCs a day and only have 17 guys to do it with, it gets kind of ugly. Luckily, they'll have more SCs to give out. :o

The idea that you won't be senior enough to hold reserve will last about 1 month.

http://www1.vmi.edu/archives/images/accnum/00958.jpg

If I'm reading that chart right, AF has 2 aircraft in SkyTeam livery. KLM has 3. Korean has 2. AeroMexico has 2.

Delta? Seven. Sounds fair. :confused:

Nice hats.

Elvis,

Been commuting from DFW-ATL since returning from furlough in 2007....it can be done. Not many numbers separate us. It can be interesting but most of the time you just have to have a pair of these...

http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/y...alls2_5613.jpg

Whenever my wife says its OK....and she gets them off her closet shelf, and I have done the dishes, folded the clothes, and DVR'd HGTV for her....

FtB;
What a pilot is doing is there you just have to look closely. Look at what time they started LC. If it is not an even hour, they are probably coming off a trip or SC. It will also show if they were on SC the previous day. Perfect? No, but better than what we had.