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Originally Posted by watch
I’ve spoken to a few people there and nobody seems to be able to give ,e a link or copy of the contract. One says he has only seen it on paper, and one says they’re not allowed to give it out. Does this sound legit?
I have a PDF of the contract, but its only 131 pages long and its complete garbage. You wont really gain anything from it.
Heres the reserve portion (yes, this is all of it.):
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G. Reserve
1. General
a. A reserve pilot shall reply to a telephone message from Crew Scheduling within fifteen (15) minutes.
(i) Crew Scheduling shall post the report time and designate the reserve type on the Company’s intranet site: For the first day of a reserve pilot’s block of reserve days no later than 0900 ET on the second calendar day prior to the first day of reserve duty. It shall be the responsibility of the pilot to ensure that he receives his reserve assignment.
(ii) For any subsequent days of reserve, no later than 1800 ET on the day before. It shall be the responsibility of the pilot to ensure that he receives his reserve assignment.
(iii) If Crew Scheduling is unable to assign a report time by 1800 ET the day before due the need to take rest, flight time, and flight duty period regulations into account, Crew Scheduling shall inform the pilot of the reserve assignment by telephone before the end of the pilot’s duty period.
b. All flying assigned to a reserve pilot must be assigned by telephone during a flight duty period (FDP) or reserve availability period (RAP).
c. A pilot may request a specific start time, short call or airport standby reserve, or an open time trip via the reserve portal on the Company intranet website or via phone. Such request shall be made no later than 1700 ET three calendar days prior .
Example: The first day of the reserve block is a Thursday. The Company must post the reserve report time on the Company intranet site no later than 0900 ET on Tuesday. Therefore, a pilot who would like to make specific requests for his reserve report time or duty shall make such request no later than 1700 ET on Monday.
d. A reserve pilot who completes a flight assignment prior to the scheduled end of his reserve call out period shall contact Crew Scheduling as soon as practicable and may be:
i. released from duty; or,
ii. given another assignment; or,
iii. placed on airport standby reserve. The total call out period, assuming the pilot is not given an additional flight assignment, shall not exceed ten (10) hours from the beginning of his duty period.
e. Reserve pilots may request to trade first and last days of a block of reserve days and entire blocks of reserve days with other reserve pilots.
f. A pilot who has not received an assignment by the end of his reserve call out period shall not be required to be available for call until the start of his next reserve call out period. A reserve pilot may be assigned a flight(s) that may extend beyond or commence after the scheduled end of his reserve call out period. A pilot assigned to a flight that commences after the scheduled end of his reserve call out period shall be paid extension pay.
g. When a flight to which a reserve pilot is assigned returns to his domicile after 0200LT on a scheduled day off, that day off shall be moved to a later reserve day in the month. If there are no remaining reserve days in the month, it shall be placed in the ensuing month and become an inviolate day off.
h. When a reserve pilot is extended into duty on a previously scheduled day off, the provisions of paragraph 25.G.1.h. shall apply.
i. The Company shall maintain its current reserve bidding portal on its intranet site.
j. A reserve pilot who completes a split-duty period assignment on the last day of a block of reserve days shall not be assigned another reserve availability period (RAP) or call out period during the same calendar day.
k. If a reserve pilot has not been given an assignment by 1900 on the last day of a block of reserve days, he will be released.
2. Short Call Reserve
a. A short call reserve pilot shall report to the airplane (or other point of assignment) as soon as practicable, but not later than one hundred twenty (120) minutes following the Company’s first attempt to contact the pilot.
b. A short call reserve pilot shall not be on call in excess of twelve (12) hours.
c. A pilot may be rolled from short call reserve to airport standby reserve. The total duration of the pilot’s reserve call out period, assuming the pilot is not given a flight assignment, shall not exceed ten (10) hours from the beginning of his short call reserve duty period.
d. If a short call reserve pilot complies with a Company’s request that he report within one hour, he shall receive one hour of additional pay credit above guarantee.
3. Airport Standby Reserve
a. An airport standby reserve pilot shall report as soon as practicable, but not later than thirty (30) minutes following the Company’s first attempt to contact the pilot.
b. A pilot on airport standby reserve status shall not be on call in excess of eight (8) hours.
c. An airport standby reserve pilot shall not be placed on short call reserve.
And I gotta agree with the others, I have had a few issues where my pay transparency report didnt quite jive with what really happened, but then using the form at the bottom of the report has always resulted in everything being correct. Which to be honest Im always shocked at.