Cfii123

Any Vegas reserves here have insight on which reserve period gets used the least? and which one gets used the most?

spooldup

From what I have seen and heard from people in LAS, A is used the least. D is used the most. C is somewhere in between and Long call will always be used more than everyone usually (in general)

redeyeAM

Smart people... please help me out and sanity check me here.

I currently live in PHX and got long call to an east coast base. (Thanks, displacements)

Doable? Dumb?

All of my days are weekdays, so I'm not sure if that matters.

Thanks!

Powderkeg

Doable? Most days, yes. But in worst case 12-hour callout, probably not.

Scenario 1) pairings remaining for the next day are usually assigned to long call reserves after aggressive window closes...say 1500 EDT. Let's assume you get assigned a pairing with a 0500 report time the next day and it's only noon in PHX when you get the call. There should be plenty of time to get to the east coast for your AM report. But that's not getting into the discussion about rest opportunity...

Scenario 2) sick call comes in tonight at 2100 for a report time of 0900 tomorrow. Now it's 1800 in PHX when you get the call. The options become much more limited in the evening. You probably have one viable option (a red eye) assuming you can make it to the airport in time. Again this ignores the likelihood that you'll be starting your FDP already fatigued.

JoeFever1

It's a math problem really. Can all flights from your west coast airport get you to domicile within 12 hours? Usually it's last flight of the day to first fight of the day gap that is the biggest issue. And the pesky 2 flight commuter clause if you're into that.

redeyeAM

Thanks you guys. I appreciate the insight. Currently my excel spreadsheet of possible scenarios definitely shows some gaps... I also assume the particular base matters when it comes to utilization. But playing the crystal ball game seems like a fool's errand.

spooldup

I would just do what you do and commute from home... Worst comes to worst? Idk. But it isn't worth commuting to a crash pad just to sit there on long call.

HSCompressor

Yeh like the other guys are saying. If they call you after the last flight of the evening leaves you prob ain’t gonna make it. You can def sit long call in a different state. But the flight can’t be too long, and frequency of service is key.

fcoolaiddrinker

You can use pjp (commuter clause) 2 or 3 times in a 12 month look back on long call no questions asked. After that they can ask for boarding passes. Check the loa for exact details.

Oh almost forgot. Please don’t provide any details on the recorded phone call with scheduling. I’m exercising pjp and won’t make it. The end.

dracir1

Ah Long Call. What a great concept, no? Sit it from home if a commuter. No restrictions on having a cocktail (until they call you). No worries about planning/doing something that you're worried about having to stop midway through if you get called in. Problem is, at F9, there's a contractual way the company often uses to keep YOU from using it to full advantage. According to the CBA, the company can legally convert any LC day to SC up to 6 times a month. And, because LC is usually assigned/granted in at least a 3 day block (with all months having at least 18 reserve periods), the company can call you in to short call every single LC block.

For example, let's say you have LC Monday - Friday for 3 weeks straight, then a following week of LC Tues-Thursday. Not a bad schedule eh? The company can all you on Tuesday OF EACH BLOCK and convert you to ResB on Wednesday. They can do this EVERY week. So, you still need a hotel or crashpad. And, are you really gonna fly back home on Thursday if they don't use you (and possibly be called for a turn on the last day)?

They can actually convert you MORE than 6 days but on the 7th (and subsequent), they have to pay you above block. In almost every month I've ever had LC, the company has converted me AT LEAST 4 times. The only thing they CAN'T do is convert LC to SC on your last day of the block.

Just one more of the many ways this contract allows the company to ruin what should be a great provision for life planning.