One other caveat. On short call, they can release you, and assign a trip with a show time 10 hours later. I had a 2000 SC, they called at 0004, and assigned a 1004 show time ferry flight.

 

All varies widely by BES.

3-C-1-b covers MPG increase (not add pay) for unused short call/FSB

3-A-3 covers blended rate for all non-flying segment hours

Short version:
In base reserves want SC and VDO assignments for more money. Commuters want aggressive pickup of commuteable trips/FSB for more time at home.

Not a personal criticism, but the general lack of knowledge of reserve rules demonstrates that there is 1) a need to improve them, and 2) no way improvements will ever pass.

 

That's an almost gauranteed fatigue call. How can you be rested to fly all nite and then instantly change your sleep pattern to get up early and fly.

 

1. Yes it counts.

2. Not true. For example, if you are in a four day silo with three other guys there might be a couple of SCs available between the four of you. If no one picks them up, CS will usually assign them to the top guys in the silo. However, if the guys above you have each done 2 SCs already CS can skip down the silo to the first guy with 0-1 SCs - which can be a nasty surprise when you thought you were safe deep down in your silo. My last block of reserve started with me at #4 in the 4 day silo - I didn't bother picking up a SC and stayed home on day 1 sitting long call.

 

Lest we bring up what I call the SC loop? They release you early to rest you for an earlier SC thus never being able to break that cycle. I think my record was 4 in a row.

 

The problem with not picking up short calls is the afternoon shift comes on and decides to put some FSBs on the schedule. SCs tend to protect you from that abuse, though not always.

 

Short call is assigned in 14 hour blocks. They can call you at any time in that window, but short call is considered duty. So, the farther you go into your window, the less you can do.

Also, typical, they call you 6 hours into your window and tell you, you are released, and assigned another short call for the next day. As you said, night mare for commuters. Rolling continuous short calls, just because the crew desk can. You can have most of the reserve list on short call, no rhyme or reason as to how many, or when, just because they can.

Also, and this is he bonus round, you can still sit 24 hr short call/duty cycle. 14 hours short call, 10 hour minimum rest. As Mako said, if your fleet is fat, you get a lot of pay to stay at home. If not, hope you have a good crash pad.

Oh, and the crew desk can build short calls at any time of day they like. You check and see what is open--no short calls. Great! An extra night at home you say?? Not so fast, 1 hour later, they build a slew of short calls so no one that wants them can pick them up, and you guessed it, the commuters get the now unwanted short calls. Almost like they check who is picking up, and they don't want to pay for extra short calls.

One of the very few gets because of FAR 117, is, coming off days off. They can't assign you anything before 10 am. You can pick up before that, but they will try to get you to bite. Don't. That's what's rumored the company wanted in exchange for some other stuff on the contract extension.

 

It is an increase in your MPG and not ADD PAY. There is a difference.

Hog

 

No claw back but they’d prevail if/when they close that IT loophole. The contract verbiage would trump any grievance filed. Doubt grievance would even give it much priority.

Enjoy the IT shortcoming in that section of the UPA as long as it lasts.

Lee

 

Accepted an early call out over the weekend. Scheduling put the appropriate code ('SC2') into master schedule and calendar but pay registrar and/or crew companion do not reflect the 2 hours of owed Add Pay. Does it normally take time for the pay to reflect?