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11-03-2022, 01:43 PM
#3221
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Joined APC: Nov 2017
Position: NYC 7ERA
Posts: 2,054
The bottom guy is reserve, one up can hold a line.
Reserve, 2 4 day blocks
3-6, 9-12
One longer block
19-27
Coverage awards.
What long call reserve means at Delta
First day, 1000 earliest call, but must be on your schedule at 1500 day prior.
1501 it goes to 12 hour call.
12 hours or more, they call with either a trip or a Short Call assignment. Trip is : you are there at the report, as scheduled. Figure it out drive time wise or train wise.
Short call: You go on call at the time, which they gave you at least 12 hours notice on. You must be "Promptly Available" which is generally accepted as 2.5 hours to the CLOSEST of EWR, LGA, JFK to you. If it's less than that, you get there when you safely can. And that's in "Normal Traffic Conditions" so if they call you at the peak of rush hour, in a snowstorm to go to EWR and you live in Islip you are in the OK and you get there when you get there.
Most Short Calls are either "it was supposed to leave an hour ago" or "less than 12 hours, but still 5-8 hours out.
As a WB guy at DAL, you never touch LGA unless you are deadheading somewhere.
11-03-2022, 05:49 PM
#3222
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Joined APC: Jul 2018
Posts: 1,100
I don’t necessarily disagree, there’s a reason I’m going on 15 years and still in the right seat but as someone like yourself who’s been around a little bit and looking to get to the 330, you have a different perspective. I’ve been mentoring military pilots for 20 years, advice not taken is still advice. And thank you for yours. Cheers.
I’m just very tired of the NB grind and don’t see it improving any. Once a corporation flexes its python grip on its labor, it never unflexes; I’m not hopeful it’ll get better, and personally think it will only get worse. The optimizer is not going away, nor getting tweaked in our favor.
I can’t see myself doing this job in its current form for another 20 years.
11-03-2022, 06:24 PM
#3223
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Joined APC: Jul 2019
Position: CA
Posts: 251
I'm not sure when you get access to Deltanet. But I would peruse the bid packages and awards for due diligence.
7ER: NYC, ATL, SEA, LAX. (SEA will eventually close.)
765 (or 764 depending on where you look -- we can't even be consistent): NYC, ATL.
You will get senior faster in the ER. You will be senior faster in NYC. But there are no bad trips on the -400 if long haul is your thing.
7ER: NYC, ATL, SEA, LAX. (SEA will eventually close.)
765 (or 764 depending on where you look -- we can't even be consistent): NYC, ATL.
You will get senior faster in the ER. You will be senior faster in NYC. But there are no bad trips on the -400 if long haul is your thing.
11-05-2022, 06:43 AM
#3228
On Reserve
Joined APC: Apr 2019
Position: UH-60A/L
Posts: 10
What long call reserve means at Delta
First day, 1000 earliest call, but must be on your schedule at 1500 day prior.
1501 it goes to 12 hour call.
12 hours or more, they call with either a trip or a Short Call assignment. Trip is : you are there at the report, as scheduled. Figure it out drive time wise or train wise.
Short call: You go on call at the time, which they gave you at least 12 hours notice on. You must be "Promptly Available" which is generally accepted as 2.5 hours to the CLOSEST of EWR, LGA, JFK to you. If it's less than that, you get there when you safely can. And that's in "Normal Traffic Conditions" so if they call you at the peak of rush hour, in a snowstorm to go to EWR and you live in Islip you are in the OK and you get there when you get there.
First day, 1000 earliest call, but must be on your schedule at 1500 day prior.
1501 it goes to 12 hour call.
12 hours or more, they call with either a trip or a Short Call assignment. Trip is : you are there at the report, as scheduled. Figure it out drive time wise or train wise.
Short call: You go on call at the time, which they gave you at least 12 hours notice on. You must be "Promptly Available" which is generally accepted as 2.5 hours to the CLOSEST of EWR, LGA, JFK to you. If it's less than that, you get there when you safely can. And that's in "Normal Traffic Conditions" so if they call you at the peak of rush hour, in a snowstorm to go to EWR and you live in Islip you are in the OK and you get there when you get there.
11-05-2022, 03:29 PM
#3229
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Joined APC: Nov 2017
Position: NYC 7ERA
Posts: 2,054
All long until short assigned.
If you can be at the airport in two hours from your house (may have to pay for short term if tight) I would have zero qualms sitting short call at home.
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If you can be at the airport in two hours from your house (may have to pay for short term if tight) I would have zero qualms sitting short call at home.
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11-05-2022, 04:49 PM
#3230
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Joined APC: Apr 2016
Position: Looking left
Posts: 3,378
I would commute from BHM to ATL. With 8 BHM/ATL DAL flights a day and a two hour drive to ATL would short call reserve be doable/keep me out of trouble, from the house? Does DAL have short call and long call monthly lines or is it long call until notified of short call?
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