gtechpilot

I'm guessing it will work that way. I am already going to be late but I don't plan on invoking the commuter clause for another hour and even then I am hoping the email gets lost in the system! Either way, I'm not trying to drive in this mess - Atlanta drivers are bad enough, through in severe icing…..

Captain Tony

The governor of Georgia has declared a state of emergency. This means no one is required to show up for work (they want to keep people off the roads and clean up yesterday's mess ITP). ASA will have to give out excused commuter clauses or I suspect they'll have some hard questions to answer. Call in, then relax with your favorite beverage. Enjoy the snow week.

yimke

No matter how many times I see that picture Cpt. Tony, it never fails to crack me up. It is so true on so many levels regardless of the situation.

spudskier

Lordie, you non-commuters crack me up. Commuter clause (one of the best in the industry) covers you ATLocals (or ATL-yokels) too. Flat tire? accident? traffic? snomaggedon? you're covered. Just document your attempt in some way (photo, car repair bill, text from state of emergency, etc...) and you're covered. YOU ARE NOT PAY PROTECTED. They (scheduling) has the option of delaying the flight, reassigning you, taking you off the trip completely, having you join the rest of your trip, or positive spacing you (if you're not in domicile). While you won't get paid, you won't receive an occurrence either.

For non-commuters using the clause, you can use this 3 times in a rolling 18 months. For those commuting, same goes for you, however, if you book yourself on TWO flights (two chances to get to work by air) that meet all the criteria, you can use the commuter clause an unlimited number of times.

McNugent

I was given a reserve assignment the other day in the middle of the snow coming down. I accepted it not knowing how bad the roads already were, and also I didn't expect the people of ATL to go into panic mode so quickly (stupid me). Long story short, my 20 minute commute turned into over 2 hours. Luckily I made it. While sitting in the mess, I contacted scheduling and sat on hold since I had nothing else to do. Once I finally got through, they were completely understanding and simply wanted to know if I'd be able to make departure time. No pressure from them at all, and they just said get here when you can.

Here's where I was really impressed. Lou B. in the CPO called me and asked if my FO could have my phone # so we could coordinate with each other. He was insistent that I be safe and take my time getting to the airport. Never did I feel pressured or rushed and was impressed with the whole situation.

While this isn't really a big deal in the grand scheme of things, I just want to put it out there. Crew scheduling and the company might seem incompetent and uncaring a lot of times, but here's a situation where some humanity poked its head out. Such a small amount of rational and understanding went a long way with me. Hopefully there are a lot more and better stories out there than mine.

Firsttimeflyer

Actually it's 3 in a rolling 12 months for the single flight criteria. On the CRJ side at least. Not sure about the ERJ guys.

spudskier

Whoops, you're right. I'm CRJ side too

Nevets

It's the same for both sides.

ross9238

So Brad S. will be the new VP. I liked him when he was the CP in ATL.

Firsttimeflyer

Just wanted to say I called this one.