Uh...or was it that winds in LGA were in the 20s gusting to 40s the past 2 days, they were only operating on 31, out to offs were running 1+hour, on to ins were running 1-3 hours? That place doesn't work well on 1 runway, especially if its 31, which is doubly bad for us.

 

I guess ORD had some weather delays becuase of snow or something.

Chow! Answer your damn phone when I call. Oh, and guess who my F/A was today ... giggity

 

Can anyone (preferrably someone who understands them) explain to me how to read the free and clear grids. I'm not sure what I'm looking at, and looking for......

 

Relax newbie, you well get your 100 hours and before you know it you will have a line and will be flying 80 hours a month. Enjoy the job and the little flying you are doing now. Life in the real world is not any better than Comair.

 

They do that all the time. Believe it or not, I've heard them page people's names while they are on a hard day off.

 

I LOVE LONG CALL............ love love love

 

I love lamp.

 

I got hosed on L2 today. 8:55 they call me to come sit ready at 21:00. So I have a 3hr ready, but will get paid 4:20, plus I have a trip tomorrow. This makes my head hurt. Sometimes seniorty based call-outs override logic

 

I have a logical solution to this seniority based call out and the problems it causes at comair. If they know about the trip atleast 9-12hrs before report time it is immediately assigned to a long call 2 or long call 1 bypassing less senior pilots on short call. If the trip is know less than 9 hours before call out it is assigned to a short call. A long call pilot will also never be allowed to sit ready reserve. I think we can all agree that is a fair way to process the reserve and if we give the company some ability to use reserves efficiently scenarios like the 1 mentioned above wouldn't happen.

Bid to fly would be honored on on the rundown immediately after the SAW closes so L1 and L2 would not be the only ones receiving trips after the saw initially closes. After the initial rundown bid to fly will only be honored within your respective group.(Long call or short call)

 

That is so stupid! Most of the flights are out by 9 p.m. anyway. Unless they give you a ferry, etc.

Also, I don't understand why you guys are accepting these ready reserves. From reading the contract and talking to other pilots/ALPA reps., L2 window is 0700-0900 & 1700-1900. If they want you to sit a 2100-2400 ready, they need to change your window to A6 or A7, otherwise it is an illegal assignement. Again, I'm not doing anymore readies outside of my reserve window. I'm surprised this hasn't come up earlier and ALPA hasn't done anything about this, even though they know about it.

Again, from the contract...

b. A Ready Reserve period will not be scheduled to exceed six (6) hours and will be scheduled within the fourteen (14) hour reserve period.

d. A pilot on LC1 or LC2 will be subject to the same rules as a SC reserve pilot except as follows:

(1) An assignment awarded to a LC1 reserve pilot will not have a report requirement
earlier than nine (9) hours from the time the LC1 reserve pilot is notified of the
assignment. This nine (9) hour period will be utilized as a required rest period prior
to a LC1 reserve pilot reporting for duty.
(2) Between the hours of 1400 and 1600 hours the day before a single, or group of,
reserve days, a LC1 reserve pilot will contact the Company, one time, for an
assignment.
(3) If given an assignment in accordance with paragraph (2), above, the LC1 reserve
pilot will be considered on rest until the report time of the assignment.
(4) A LC1 reserve pilot will be available for assignment by the Company in the LC1
reserve window of 0500 and 1500 hours on each day of LC1 except when on
required rest. If the LC1 reserve pilot is on required rest, when the rest period is
complete, the LC1 reserve pilot will be available for any remaining LC1 window on
that day.
(5) After completing the reserve window at 1500 hours a LC1 pilot without an
assignment will be released from responsibility to the Company until the next LC1
window.