Reserve for Dummies
10-07-2023, 03:34 AM
#1341
Roll’n Thunder
Joined APC: Oct 2009
Position: Pilot
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Would putting 2 IVD's on day 2 and 3 of a 5 day reserve block (NB) be a good strategy to hopefully turn it into 5 days "off"?
I read that for the day prior to an IVD (first day of reserve block), the pilot will be last for a SC conversion (I commute).
Also, from what I understand, they cannot assign anything before 6pm on day 4 after a vacation day, which will hopefully further limit my usefulness for day 4 and 5. Thoughts? Not many locals in open time. Would an APD used in this manner be identical (besides the payout)? Thanks.
I read that for the day prior to an IVD (first day of reserve block), the pilot will be last for a SC conversion (I commute).
Also, from what I understand, they cannot assign anything before 6pm on day 4 after a vacation day, which will hopefully further limit my usefulness for day 4 and 5. Thoughts? Not many locals in open time. Would an APD used in this manner be identical (besides the payout)? Thanks.
This of course uses 2 occurrences of your IVD's. If you'd rather not do that another strategy (assuming you have enough coverage) would be to IVD day 2 and simply PD day 4 and take the pay hit.
10-07-2023, 03:48 AM
#1342
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 5,807
A different strategy would be to drop the IVDs on days 2 and 4. Day 3 becomes basically a guaranteed day off since you can’t report before 1800. This method also protects day 5 the same way.
This of course uses 2 occurrences of your IVD's. If you'd rather not do that another strategy (assuming you have enough coverage) would be to IVD day 2 and simply PD day 4 and take the pay hit.
This of course uses 2 occurrences of your IVD's. If you'd rather not do that another strategy (assuming you have enough coverage) would be to IVD day 2 and simply PD day 4 and take the pay hit.
This is a what I do if I have a bunch of PB days in the bank, but not very efficient use of IVD's, though it would mostly likely do the job. jalco4 I usually IVD a single day in the middle of the 5 day block. Leaves me open for 2 days on either side, but worst case you spend 2 nights away in a 5 day period, but often it's likely only to be one. One thing to consider is where you'll fall on the coverage list. I've had it where if I had simply kept my days intact, I'd have been better off. As in I was buried on the 4 day block, but ended up being at/near the top of the 2 day block.
10-07-2023, 05:46 AM
#1343
On Reserve
Joined APC: Aug 2023
Posts: 15
When on a normal long call day, is there a set amount of time that you have to return a call from crew scheduling trying to notify you of a trip? I’ve seen times varying from 15 minutes to 2 hours at other airlines, but I don’t see any mention of it in the PWA. I know that you have a minimum of 18 hours from their first attempted contact, but would it be possible to be out of cellular reception for, say, 30 minutes, and not get in trouble if you got a call? Or to commute during the 18 hour min callout on the first day?
I do see in the scheduling reference handbook that it says long call pilots are “not required to acknowledge any assignments.” Does this mean that you don’t actually need to answer the phone and/or call them back as long as you show up?
I do see in the scheduling reference handbook that it says long call pilots are “not required to acknowledge any assignments.” Does this mean that you don’t actually need to answer the phone and/or call them back as long as you show up?
10-07-2023, 05:53 AM
#1344
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When on a normal long call day, is there a set amount of time that you have to return a call from crew scheduling trying to notify you of a trip? I’ve seen times varying from 15 minutes to 2 hours at other airlines, but I don’t see any mention of it in the PWA. I know that you have a minimum of 18 hours from their first attempted contact, but would it be possible to be out of cellular reception for, say, 30 minutes, and not get in trouble if you got a call? Or to commute during the 18 hour min callout on the first day?
You won't get a call from scheduling for a long call callout unless you haven't acknowledged by 2 hours to report. It's simply put on your line and you just acknowledge it. On SC, I think you have 10 minutes (don't quote me on that) before they'll consider it a missed assignment. Even on a SC callout, you can simply acknowledge it in icrew/micrew and they'll get the picture.
10-07-2023, 06:06 AM
#1345
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2014
Posts: 904
You won't get a call from scheduling for a long call callout unless you haven't acknowledged by 2 hours to report. It's simply put on your line and you just acknowledge it. On SC, I think you have 10 minutes (don't quote me on that) before they'll consider it a missed assignment. Even on a SC callout, you can simply acknowledge it in icrew/micrew and they'll get the picture.
10-07-2023, 06:59 AM
#1346
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2014
Posts: 4,994
10-07-2023, 07:30 AM
#1348
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,997
You won't get a call from scheduling for a long call callout unless you haven't acknowledged by 2 hours to report. It's simply put on your line and you just acknowledge it. On SC, I think you have 10 minutes (don't quote me on that) before they'll consider it a missed assignment. Even on a SC callout, you can simply acknowledge it in icrew/micrew and they'll get the picture.
10-07-2023, 08:18 AM
#1349
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Yup, my bad. As I look back at the last 6-9 months of assignments, I've only had (mostly) GS, SC callouts, trips assigned while on duty or on an X-day. I honestly, can't remember the last time scheduling has called me for a LC callout.
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10-07-2023, 10:16 AM
#1350
Can’t find crew pickup
Joined APC: Jun 2021
Posts: 2,235
Only time I’ve gotten an actual call from a scheduler recently was when I actually YS a trip that was the least sucky (my raw score was super low). I used auto accept and ack, but they called me prior to report asking me to ack in icrew. Can’t remember how far out from report that was.
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