Originally Posted by texpilot (Post 2246565)

Had to oddest thing happen this week on RSV...

I was on my last day, day 5, haven't been used all week. 11 am RSV and the grid was red.

I went on at 11, my phone rings at 11:15 and I'm thinking crap, there are people ahead of me so I'm going to have to argue my way out of this assignment (by no means the first time I've been assigned something out of order and have had to have it fixed). The message states that they are going to Release me at 12 and please self notify....
WHAT??? So confused. So I went on crewtrac and there it was, released at noon. Not complaining, but very odd, and have never had that happen in all my years of RSV...

Tex

Originally Posted by Flyby1206 (Post 2246648)

Same thing happened to me a few days ago. 0400 SCL and got a call around 0700. They said "you're released, have a nice day!"

Maybe we're seeing a kinder/gentler crew services?!

Originally Posted by Chicken Taco (Post 2247239)

Maybe the schedulers are finally getting "calibrated."

Originally Posted by Mr 305 (Post 2247581)

A little off topic, but does the Reserve grid being red have anything to do with allowing trip swaps/drops?

For example, Xmas eve was +1 in the green before 0900 today, tried to drop a RES day within 5 seconds of the 0900 FCFS start time, no dice, I guess too slow as it denied due to coverage at or below mins. After that, I couldn't drop a RES day for that day since it was no longer green, but watched it drop all the way to -4 in the red with more open time being added on that day. Couldn't find anything in the FSM that gave specific guidance. I assume if you're a line holder you can drop trips with the Grid in the red? Thanks.

Originally Posted by dontcare4U (Post 2247582)

Can't drop or swap trips in open time with the grid in the red.

Originally Posted by aewanabe (Post 2247598)

Close. It's unwritten, but FLICA does allow "bad-day/worse-day swaps". So a day that is red may be dropped if a trip swap results in a "more red" day being covered instead...

Originally Posted by slimothy (Post 2248508)

I've been bidding 6 day RAPs, and I keep getting LCR on days 3 an 4, then SCL on 5 and 6. Frustrating for a transcon commuter. On the bright side, I got REL from day 6 last week, a welcome surprise.