crewdawg

Not in the sense I'm talking, which is dropping reserve days to be more available for GS. This means fewer reserves available to work trips, which creates more GS and more PB days. If you know another way to straight up drop reserve days without blue days, I'm all ears.

iLikeMoose

I am a pretty junior NB reservist in an apparently well-staffed category that is coming up on being one month away from expiring on my landing recency. I have been looking through the FOM and PWA trying to figure out what I should expect. I gather that when I hit the one month mark, I will somehow designate 14 days in which I would be cool with going for bounces in the sim, but I have no idea how likely they are to actually schedule me for training vs. hoping I get called next month? All my reserve days next month are on weekdays, so I guess we will see. How much notice can I expect for getting sent to the sim? Travel there, do the bounces, travel back same day, or overnight? If I am understanding the pay correctly in the PWA, I would get pay no credit of 5:00 for a day of training, but my reserve guarantee would be reduced by that much so it wouldn't really have an effect on my paycheck?

Thanks!

FangsF15

You will get a pop-up in iCrew soon soon (can’t remember anymore the timing on that, a ‘current’ WB pilot will probably weigh in with that). Input your available days on that template. You are not required to give them availability on your X-days. Not your problem to solve.

Hossharris

you’ll hear zero noise.

if you go to the sims before you expire, it’s 3 landings and done. If you go after you expire, it’s a little more involved but not hard by any stretch.

check out RCY vs RRCY in the dig

of note, you have to give them 14 days of availability AT LEAST 30 days prior to expiring. You can find and fill out the form on deltanet now ….

connollc

My understanding…if sims are added over your RES days, your RES guarantee will be REDUCED by the 30/31 day pro-rata value of those days (E.G. 3 x 2:xx). The sim days will then be paid on top of the new guarantee. If sims are added over your x-days, the sim pay will just be on top of the original RES guarantee. EDIT: Either way you come out ahead in pay.

Whats fun is when one swaps sims, CQ for example, into other x-days while on RES. Then 3 days of LC get added to your schedule automatically on the original sim footprint and the Reserve Guarantee DOES NOT get adjusted. Nobody, I mean, NOBODY — CS, training planners, CPO, Crew Assist Pay Issue resolvers, HR payroll, ACE inquisitors — seem to be able to fix the pay disparity. It just keeps getting bounced from one group to the next. Currently the issue is sitting with the Training Committee via DART, who is contacting the company on my behalf. You know how that will go.

So word to the wise, dont swap CQ into x-days when on RES unless you enjoy working more for free. Ask me how I know 😉

Hubcapped

Hello, what is the earliest report time you can get after an X day (reserve)? Is 10am as long as its posted before noon the day prior legit?

Tyia

Planetrain

A long-call pilot has an “18-hour leash,” as follows. Crew Scheduling will attempt to notify a long-call pilot of
a rotation, short-call period, or rest period, and place the assignment on their schedule in iCrew. A long-call
pilot has no obligation to check their schedule while on call. A long call pilot can be made to:
• Report no earlier than 18 hours from the first attempted contact by Crew Scheduling.
• Report for a rotation/short call no earlier than ten hours after the end of their last non-fly day, if
the rotation/short call was assigned no later than 12 hours prior to the end of the non-fly day. If
so assigned, then the Company has no obligation to contact the pilot, and it is the pilot’s
responsibility to ascertain any such assignment. If nothing appears on a reserve pilot’s
schedule at that 12-hour point, the earliest report to which they can be assigned will be 18
hours after the start of their on-call day, and the Company is required to notify the pilot of
the award/assignment via telephone.
• Report no earlier than 18 hours after the end of a vacation day.
• Convert to short call no earlier than 18 hours from the first attempted contact by Crew Scheduling
and will be released from duty during the 18 hours immediately preceding the start of their short
call period.

Hubcapped

thank you
How dare those bastards call me to work for the first time this month lol

crewdawg

How I feel every time they use me on reserve. Not only that, they expect me to work for free (reserve guarantee)...yuck! 🤣

Trip7

Word on the street is due to FOQA data aka Facebook a PA from the cabin etiquette refresher is coming to QCQ. 😂😂😂😂😂