Yes filler.......

You cover both LGA and JFK

Do you get paid your normal hourly rate to get back to the other if you your trip starts at LGA and ends at JFK for example, or vice versa?

What if you live within the 3 hr reserve callout of LGA, but not JFK?

In short: No and too bad.

You shouldn’t have any sequence that starts at one and ends at another. And my guess is crew scheduling doesn’t care where you live...if you’re on reserve you have 3 hours to get to either. From my experience, it’s not too often you get a call saying “be there in exactly 3 hours.” Usually it’s a call at 4 am saying you have a noon show lol

If you’re on reserve it is very common for crew scheduling to call and say you have 3 hours from time of the call to get to either JFK or LGA. I’ve had it happen many times. Also, when on reserve it is common to start a trip out of LGA/JFK and finish at the other airport. Crew scheduling will set up transportation to the domicile the trip started out of.

They don’t care where you live as long as you get there.

“If you’re on reserve it is very common for crew scheduling to call and say you have 3 hours from time of the call to get to either JFK or LGA. I’ve had it happen many times.”


That’s because it’s required in the contract!!!

Don’t forget it’s 3 hrs plus 45 mins till scheduled departure time

They rarely call anyone straight from RAP to fly in NY, generally the airport standbys are the first line of defense then they call the next guy off RAP to sit standby. Also, since someone asked about pay, remember that you are not going to exceed guarantee on reserve generally as a NY FO.

Exactly, nothing better then getting the call at 4am to sit standby at jfk when your hotels by Lga.

This happens 100% of the time if you are near the bottom of the reserve list. You have to use proffering to limit your trips across town. Who knows why CS isn't just assigning someone to standby based on seniority when doing the next day schedule, maybe it's a contract thing.