Hey guys another reserve question....I live in a domicile other than where I am based, I have asked to pick up trips where I live but been told that a reserve is never allowed to pick up out of domicile no matter how short they are. Is this true? I could not find anything in the contract about it, but as I mentioned, I am not that good at reading lawyer talk.

When they get desperate they'll do anything they want. When it comes to what could make it easier on a pilot it's all about the letter of the law. I would monitor the open time for your domicle and anything that starts with a DH you could APU and then deviate the DH. As far as the domicile where you live, watch the trips that remain unassigned after about 1pm. Those they are having difficulty in assigning they'll start breaking them up to them for easier lineholder straight pickup. Try calling for an APU around that time.

I'm just a line pilot, but I have heartburn about this. If they can't cover a trip by in-base reserves, there's a way for them to cover the trip via the UPA. Maybe that deadheading from another base is enough to put a reserve over guarantee for the month? Or, maybe the company is perpetually understaffed in the base and really should post a vacancy bid for new pilots in the base? By you picking up trips in your home airport, you're denying both of those things from happening even though it helps you personally.

I have no problem with this line of thinking....I actually agree with it. However, if out of domicile coverage is allowed per the contract then they should let people do it. If it is not, then they should not allow it. My question was does the contract allow it or not.