Hey, everybody

What are the rules when you are sitting reserve?? Example, if I were on reserve for a particular day could I take my boat down the lake to go fishing or skiing or even hiking? Do you usually have a fairly good idea if you are going to be called that day or not?

Thanks in advance,
Chris

You can do whatever you want, so long as you are "contactable" and within 2 hours of the airport, in most cases. The callout times varies from airline to airline. I suggest wearing your uniform to the lake.....just in case

Airlines have a callout for reserves. At my airline, it's two hours. I'm not sure what the average is. Some airlines have "ready reserve" where you sit in the crewroom waiting for a phone call to fly.

I live at my base, and as such I sit reserve at home. Much better than being in a crashpad. If you don't live within your airlines callout time you will need to move there or get a crashpad/hotel and stay there.

fosters

I have worked for one company that had a 1 hour time, so I would expect that the time for your job would make the most difference. Also, keep in mind how it would reflect if you were being paid to be on reserve but then you weren't available when the company decided that they needed you... you might not be fired the first time, but you would be lucky to get away with it twice. I guess it just depends on how confident you are that you can make it back in time