Originally Posted by gloopy

Looks like management is panicking and rushing to max out our generous scope prior to openers so the baseline is higher for them

Originally Posted by Boomer

I'll mention that to the Comair MEC. Maybe when we get done shrinking from 170 planes down to 44 then we can go on strike for 89 days and demand industry-leading pay, trip rigs, and a defined benefit retirement plan.

What could go wrong?

Originally Posted by capncrunch

know you are safe from weather because you are under the ALPA umbrella.

Originally Posted by johnso29

With all the 50 seaters being parked, it won't. But it will increase the number of large RJ's. We are rapidly approaching the 255 cap.

Originally Posted by Imapilot2

ok did something change here on calling in well. I got strep and called in sick for my next trip, she (DAL scheduler)just said that after that trip is over that I need to call again before the next trip to let them know if I am still sick, or better. Either way I need to call. ***? It has always been one call when sick and one call when well. Is it going to be like this now?

Originally Posted by Imapilot2

ok did something change here on calling in well. I got strep and called in sick for my next trip, she (DAL scheduler)just said that after that trip is over that I need to call again before the next trip to let them know if I am still sick, or better. Either way I need to call. ***? It has always been one call when sick and one call when well. Is it going to be like this now?

Originally Posted by johnso29

I just called in well this morning. Nothing had changed. Maybe she's a newbie.

Originally Posted by Check Essential

They might like it to be that way, but I don't think there's any contractual obligation to call them and tell them "I am still sick".
Its common for them to just put "SICK" on your schedule for a single trip duration or a single block of reserve on-call days.
Beyond that, I think they would like you to call them or they can call you if they want to check your status but I don't think you're under any obligations to report for duty until you've reported in well and that little "OK" appears on your schedule.

Originally Posted by scambo1

I personally dont know if brutal is the right word. Since it is twice as much as domestic, unreasonable (in terms of being rested) comes to mind.

Here is what I think is reasonable:
In my category, there is a block of hours in which all the launches occur, S/Cs should cover that for commuters who couldnt make it. Then you have ramp dance issues in which the pilots on the trip can time out, S/Cs should cover that. Then you have the shortrange turnback issues, S/Cs should cover that. Once the flight is (lets say) 3 hours into the leg, I doubt that any diversion scenario is going to return to the point of departure, S/Cs shouldn't be covering that.

S/C periods start about 3 hours prior to our first sign in. Taking into account our 2 hour commute on the front end of S/C, I think that this is reasonable because we are covering the on-time departure.

So, in my category, IMO S/C could be 10 hours and that would cover 99% of all potential scenarios.

As a commuter, when I commute to S/C, I am okay with the company putting me on rest early so I can do back to back shortcalls. That way I have fewer commutes...this is far far preferable to me, (others may feel different) because what normally happens is my commuter flight lands back home and as I am driving home, I get the "you are on S/C tomorrow at 0800" call. This is where the word brutal comes in.

Commuting to reserve sucks, but in some categories, like mine, you cannot guarantee a line every month.