DLpilot

Another scenario. My overnight cancels as a line holder. How long am I expected to hang out at the airport waiting for them to figure out my schedule?

gloopy

Hey we don't know that. After she was found guilty she was found innocent before being found re-guilty. I'd still risk it though. Besides if a little effeminate European (probably soccer fan too) can survive I think I can make it. I'd totally risk it. Like totally.

JungleBus

If you build em big enough, foil em, and let her rip in 25 knot winds in SF Bay...45 knots or so!



Course, then the pitchpoles get even more dramatic!

M20EPilot

Thank you sir!

Jack Bauer

Wow that is an amazing picture. I had no idea they could go that fast. Impressive. Are they using a lot of carbon fiber?

APCLurker

As other's have touched on, I can't see that you did anything wrong in the scenario as you have described.

You had already acknowledged your sc assignment. You were not required to answer your phone at midnight. Per our contract you have no obligation to immediately respond to a long-call assignment during the two hours that you were on long-call (0000-0200, 10 prior to the start of your short call).

And yes, it seems they could have just given you the assignment at 1200 when your short call started. Why they didn't is a good question. It would have needed to be one very late ending day for duty day to have been an issue. You would have been legal until well after midnight (lesser of: table B plus 4 hours or 16 hours) as a short call pilot. Provided there weren't over 4 legs, unless I am mistaken, you would have been legal until 4am.

Ragtop Day

I think a logical solution would be to combine tracking and scheduling into one department. Section off a corner of the occ and plant the merged operation there where they can coordinate with dispatch, mx, weather etc.

I have never understood why they are separated or why tracking doesn't know if I am a reg/rsv, going into vacation, a ** day or another conflicted trip or any other number of things that requires scheduling or the pilot to check--and then request a change to a reroute.

While we are at it lets give crew accommodations a desk there too so we can eliminate another phone call and twenty minutes on hold.

Maybe there is a good reason why all these operations need to be separate entities scattered around the campus, but I can't think of any. Having one umbrella would simplify things on a good day, really help during bad irops and probably save some money by reducing overlapping functions. Just some thoughts from a line pilots point of view.

APCLurker

I've had the same thing happen. 10am sc on the first day. And the notification for the 10am short call came after midnight, so the far 117 prospective rest of 10 hours wasn't even there. (no, did not do the sc. It was taken off after I called about it)

And yes, sked check was done the day before, after 1500 base time. Nothing was there, so long call.

forgot to bid

But, up until then he might really have a good time. Don't ruin it.

RockyBoy

Well, crew accommodations is not even a Delta department. They are a third party company that is in some off site location in ATL. Payroll is the same way.