Yes, I have been assigned SC from 6am-noon on the last day of my reserve block before a golden x day.

And to do that they actually cut short my SC the day before to give me 10 hours rest before 6am.

The earliest they can assign SC on day 1 is 10am (with the caveat that you can notify them that you're not contactable during the first 2 hours). If they assign that 10-12 SC on day one, they used to have to modify your 12hr window if they wanted to use you earlier on day 2++.

New scenario: 10am SC assigned day 1 (with the 2hr deal), on the hook till 7pm. With no modification they have now made you available at 7am day 2 which (on some fleets) makes you more 'usable'. Then they can shift you all the way to the earliest slot on day 3++.

I think it just saves the step that they're already doing to get you earlier on subsequent days.

I predict (for those of us junior on RES) that SC will move in a fairly predictable shift, earlier each subsequent day. Only tool we have to defend against this (for those senior enough for it to work) is to YS "if needed for SC, time XX:xx to XX:xx".

First answer, yes they did. And if they had a trip for you the next day they'd just call and release you into rest.

They still have to call you and notify you of the 7am report, it doesn't really change what they have to do to give it to you. You are going back on long call earlier, but they could always give you a long call range callout during short call.

I really think you are all reading way too much into this, it is just making the assignment match more with actual practice and get you back into long call sooner, it doesn't change what they can actually do with you in the slightest.

Has anyone called scheduling to see if they’ll release us an additional 2 hours early?

I got released from SC today nearly 2 hours early.

Reserve is a choice...I worked 4 days in September and only 4 in October.

You do us all a disservice. Every day you were on call and available to the Company, you worked.

My November bid results would disagree.

Agreed. I just spent 17 days ensuring the integrity of our international flying schedule. Four of those days required travel away from home, but I worked all 17. If the market didn’t value on-time performance and high completion factors, reserves wouldn’t be necessary. We are working on reserve, just not that hard.

It comes in waves. I’ve spent A LOT more time being destroyed on reserve than growing a reserve beard. Enjoy it while it lasts! It wasn’t that long ago I was used EVERY SC. It didn’t matter if it had been 9 or 12 hours. You’d only sit 2 or 3, but that was because every other LC day had a trip assigned.