This. That's why these responses about how this new revision isn't that bad makes no sense. If you hate your life and hate your family these changes are ideal.

 

Yup, you heard right. Buddy of mine was on one of those crews. Slept in the B concourse in one of the little upstairs seating areas.

 

Reserve can be good or bad. If you live in base within 30-40min of the airport its not all that bad. I commuted for a month to reserve and would never do that again. It is not fun being at the will of CS, but they've got an airline to run and have you tried being more senior? Ready reserve isn't fun either, especially when it is back to back days of 8 hour sits and no call (looks like the new policy will only make back to back ready days happen more frequently). Would be nice if that could get dropped to 4 hours or even 6 hours. 8 hours is a long time of sitting and walking around the airport. If you have AM reserve and haven't been called by the time the PM reserves start, you're probably done for the day (there are exceptions to that of course and you can still get called). I'm a current reservist, its not THAT bad if you live in base somewhat close to the airport. You can still go about your day and if you get called just have everything packed and ready to go. I would much rather be on reserve getting weekends off than flying crappy 4 days over the weekends.

 

How is that even possible. Do they not have a certain number of rooms booked to account for crews? I'm assuming the crews got relieved of any flights the next day?

 

They have plenty of rooms booked and plenty more on standby just for such events.
But when covid hit and everyone had a room and a nonrev seat available we all knew the back end was going to be bad when we came out of it. Corporations don’t have a hotel person making reservations on hotelsdotcom instead they have a travel agent corporation who has all of the contacts and contacts. OO tells them to protect x amount of rooms in XYZ. Then when an unscheduled room is required the travel agency makes it happen. They didn’t make it happen. There were some crews that got very expensive transportation to very expensive full retail rate hotels a long way from the airport. Yes those crews had to be pulled from their trip until they could get legal rest. Thanks to our work rules they were being paid 1 hour of pay for every 2 hours sitting there. IF they could NOT rejoin the trip they got to go home early too while being pay protected for the rest of the trip. During weather events cities can literally run out of hotel rooms.
So thanks to all of our reserves who were called in to keep the operation running when the line holder got in a position where they couldn’t keep going!

 

Can you sit ready reserve from home if you live within 10 mins of the airport?

 

You're supposed to be able to be at the gate in 10 minutes. Impossible if you're in the crew room and called out to a far gate in many of our airports.
Your call if you live that close, depends of if you feel lucky. but as a new hire I would advise against it.

Definitely don't sit short call at home if you're a commuter. It's called reserve roulette and more than one have lost at that game.

 

Just got my class date moved up to August and had a few questions regarding ATP-CTP course through the carrier. Typically you take the course, then are allowed to take the written. Then, you have your practical/checkride in a multi to complete the certificate.

Is this the same process with the regionals? Or, do you take the practical in a sim? From what I can gather with Skywest, you have the ATP-CTP course which I believe is a week long. They tell you to study with shepard air beforehand, as during that week you won't have time to study. Then, like the next day after the course, you take the written. What about the practical though for the cert? That's what I am a little lost on.

 

Practical is in the sim, at the same time you get your type rating

 

6 of those spent trying to commute in to the base in order to be available. The joy.