You bet. I edited my post a bit. I think that if you can get someone recently hired to describe their schedule, there should be opportunities to get home.

Anyone with an answer/experience on Reserve GS, as of 2014?

You put in for family leave. You can put in for as much as you want. Your vacation will get used first, then it will be unpaid. Walk into the chief's pilot office and talk to them. Believe it or not, other pilots have babies too. It's a pretty common occurrence. Bid your vacation as late as possible to make sure you don't use it before you put in your family leave. FWIW, I missed my second child's birth because of this job. She went into labor early while I was flying. I made it home about 5 hours later which was about 45 minutes after my son was born.

Have we received any info about transferring our profit sharing to our 401k yet? Usually, we have heard of this by now. Did I miss something?

Yeah, you did.:) All you need to do is go to the Fidelity site, on the left side of the page under "Act" go to "Contribution Amount" then "Contribution Amount and Catch-up Contributions." Scroll down to the "Profit Sharing" contribution and you can put in a percentage. You have to do it by 4pm on January 22, 2014.

Denny

Just got off the phone with ALPA (good advice Timbo) and what everyone is saying on here is pretty much what they said... The question about whether or not you can use sick time is apparently state specific based on how the law is written regarding use if sick time. In my state, I will be able to use up to 160 hours of sick time because the law says sick time can be used to care for members of your family. All I need to provide is a note from my wife's doctor stating she needs bed rest or can't lift anything etc etc.

If your state doesn't allow sick time usage for care of your family then your options are FMLA either paid with vacation or unpaid (company preference).

My take is this, and it's worth two cents, or less, but....Get into Indoc class, which is a week or so. Finish class, while having explained that Momma is due any second now. Once you've finished Indoc, you have your ID and can jumpseat home ASAP if needed. While in Indoc, bid MD88 or 717 FO, so you can be higher on reserve, or off reserve in minimum time. That wouldnt happen in the Airbus or 737 fleets as fast. I suspect you may have some wait time after Indoc before aircraft training begins, and could be home or in hospital while waiting. If you ask for time off after Indoc, they can put you in a later 88 or 717 class, which will probably occur bi-weekly for the next five years. Training would be able to be more flexible with moving someone in an aircraft class than moving someone to a later Indoc class. I also don't think this would affect your probation, if you're worried about that. Looking over my shoulder, Mrs. Chomeur says take the job first, then take wife and new baby on vacation with new job's benefits. Now you can advise wife that a woman said to do it, which is defensible in a woman court of law.

What state do you live in? That's the way it should be.

Congrats on your impending new arrival! I went through similar a year ago. I was deep deep on rsv, so my deal was a tad different. I bid initially to have all my days off stacked up starting the day prior to his due date, which was awarded. As living proof that you can't sharp shoot these things, he came 7 days prior to his due date, leaving me scrambling!

Cue a few phone calls to the CPSC and they (with upper level approval) were kind enough to move my x-days so I didn't have to take the pay hit as I had already taken all my vacation.

I 100% agree with this assessment. Get to class, get that seniority number, and get it sorted out!

I live in Minnesota, this law applies if you live or work in Minnesota. iaflyer mentioned California as well and I'm sure there are others