schloppy1

I just wish our NC team was as good as this Ford and Harrison Lackey. Once, I was dumb enough to tell CS I had my own transpo on hotel standby. Turns out that drops the call out to 30 minutes. Not an airline out there with those kind of rules. Yes, reserve here sucks. You watch people with connections drop their reserve and do Rota charters while you’re being called out for a GSO out and back just as you fall asleep. FedEx reserve in Memphis is a special kind of hell.

HvypurplePylot

What would be an improvement with reserve we should ask for to bring it up to industry standard?

MediocrePilot

How about duty limits more restrictive than FARs and back in base by noon on last day of RA...things even the regionals have. It's absolutely ridiculous we can start reserve at midnight and be expected to go 16 hours.
Also, reserves get hosed with our non punitive fatigue policy. If you're on RB and fly in from the west coast and land around 11 Memphis time and are given "legal rest" to fly the Sunday morning "RB" trip that shows at 0030 (completely flipping your sleep schedule, you just woke up 6 hrs ago), if you call in fatigued you now have a red block over your schedule for the footprint of that trip, the reserve hours are dropped, and you have to make them up. Meanwhile there could be plenty of other RB trips during that footprint you could easily operate, but now you've lost that pay and if you have additional reserve days after the footprint you might not be able to commute home...how exactly is that non punitive?

BluePAX

A financially punitive fatigue policy would look very bad for the company in the event of an accident. They would do everything possible to blame it on the pilot, sure, and there is some merit to that. Perhaps FSR's, DARTS, and contacting your reps would leave a paper trail and help get something changed? Just spitballing here

HvypurplePylot

So if I'm understanding right if you call in fatigued on reserve you lose the pay? There's many of us here that never spent much time on reserve which is maybe why it isn't highlighted more.

NotMrNiceGuy

Reserve Improvements

-Reserve is standard 15 hour callout. (DL is 18)

-Can pick up short call for premium over guarantee. (DL)

-Volunteering pays additional two hours over guarantee. (DL)

-Volunteer Airport Standby - Pays 8 hours (DL is 8:15)

-When sick on reserve, only charged for trips that you would have been assigned. Not for entire block of R-days. ( I think we have this, but there has been some confusion)

-Reserve assignment is based off of seniority and leveling hours only. Disregard days available to right size assignment. If used for right size, pay is on top of guarantee.

-Once a reserve trip is assigned, RA and RB get 12 hours off upon return. R24 gets 24 hours off. If an extension is given upon return, this is paid at 150%. (SWA)

-Reserve trips assigned upon return from previously scheduled RSV trip pay 150%. (SWA)

-Once trips have been assigned, all pay codes receive revision/disruption pay.

RSV gets premium over guarantee for reassignment.

-R-Day value is 5 hours.

-14 days off in 4 week month (UPS)

-17 days off in 5 week month

-No call in after trip for release. Just check schedule in VIPS.

-HTL STBY lines cannot be assigned off of reserve. A pairing must have operational flight legs. Cannot be just a hotel.

-Company can assign ⅓ of days available to short call reserve. (DL is 6 times a month)

MediocrePilot

I did both as a fatigue report was required when I called out fatigued.


Depends on the scenario. In this case yes per 12.A.9.a

MediocrePilot

I'm not arguing for it to be financially punitive, just pointing out in some cases it is.

Depends on the scenario. In this case yes per 12.A.9.a

Jman85

These are fantastic suggestions. Wish more people cared about improving reserve.

I thought QOL was one of the topics for the focused contract talks correct?

Pilotguy21

Hot take but reserve is awesome if you live in Memphis. If I’m the company, I’d incentivize living in Memphis/domicile by not improving reserve rules.