Average days per month workerd at DL?
03-20-2023, 01:46 PM
#44
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Okay, but a day of reserve is actually a work day. You might not have been USED, but you were on call.
Unless someone dropped all of their reserve days, it’s disingenuous for them to say they only worked 60 total days in an entire year.
A day off is a day in which you have zero obligation to the company, not a reserve day you just didn’t get used for.
Unless someone dropped all of their reserve days, it’s disingenuous for them to say they only worked 60 total days in an entire year.
A day off is a day in which you have zero obligation to the company, not a reserve day you just didn’t get used for.
03-20-2023, 01:48 PM
#45
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I tracked days worked per month at Delta and flying in the military part time. I flew a lot more for the military part time than Delta those first five years. I’m counting days I actually flew as “work”. If I didn’t fly for Delta but was on reserve at Delta I didn’t count it as “work”. Sat reserve at home a lot. They almost never called but gradually it ticked up over the years.
Edit: To clarify, the work rules were different then. Short call was 3 hours in the morning (0900-1200 I think) and 1800-1900
every day. You could fly for the military when not on short call in those days. Totally legit.
Last edited by Carbon; 03-20-2023 at 02:01 PM.
03-20-2023, 02:19 PM
#46
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I know a few of those 220B reserves in NYC that YS just so they don't have to go to the sim every 3 months. I average 4 flying days a month in SEA on reserve. Low 1, high 8 in the last year. So easy if you don't have to commute for short calls. Though new contract is going to shake up reserve life in May.
03-20-2023, 02:33 PM
#47
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I know a few of those 220B reserves in NYC that YS just so they don't have to go to the sim every 3 months. I average 4 flying days a month in SEA on reserve. Low 1, high 8 in the last year. So easy if you don't have to commute for short calls. Though new contract is going to shake up reserve life in May.
03-20-2023, 03:13 PM
#48
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Joined APC: Mar 2017
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Yes.
I tracked days worked per month at Delta and flying in the military part time. I flew a lot more for the military part time than Delta those first five years. I’m counting days I actually flew as “work”. If I didn’t fly for Delta but was on reserve at Delta I didn’t count it as “work”. Sat reserve at home a lot. They almost never called but gradually it ticked up over the years.
Edit: To clarify, the work rules were different then. Short call was 3 hours in the morning (0900-1200 I think) and 1800-1900
every day. You could fly for the military when not on short call in those days. Totally legit.
I tracked days worked per month at Delta and flying in the military part time. I flew a lot more for the military part time than Delta those first five years. I’m counting days I actually flew as “work”. If I didn’t fly for Delta but was on reserve at Delta I didn’t count it as “work”. Sat reserve at home a lot. They almost never called but gradually it ticked up over the years.
Edit: To clarify, the work rules were different then. Short call was 3 hours in the morning (0900-1200 I think) and 1800-1900
every day. You could fly for the military when not on short call in those days. Totally legit.
03-20-2023, 03:32 PM
#49
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Joined APC: Dec 2022
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If you want to count not flying as work have at it. Also, it was 60 days the first year not “60 days in 5 years”. Read carefully mate.
03-20-2023, 03:51 PM
#50
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I know a few of those 220B reserves in NYC that YS just so they don't have to go to the sim every 3 months. I average 4 flying days a month in SEA on reserve. Low 1, high 8 in the last year. So easy if you don't have to commute for short calls. Though new contract is going to shake up reserve life in May.
Most everyone will just be assigned short call on day 1, and then they will likely fly every day of the reserve block.
No improvements whatsoever were attempted regarding base to base staffing and sending reserves all over the system.
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