LakeshoreFlyer

Thanks, that 2 times a year sounded a bit draconian. Thanks for the follow-up CBreezy with the LOA language that says it's unlimited.

LakeshoreFlyer

I read earlier in this thread that the company can change 5 of your 11 reserve days. That's awful

Does a pilot bid for or are they assigned reserve times within their reserve days? And if so, are they 'standard' reserve windows or do they change all the time?

Thanks guys/gals.

CBreezy

Our reserve language is weak. You do get to bid on your reserve schedule (exception is Build-up lines). Of your days off on your bid, you get to place 2 sets of 3 days that are considered Golden. As far as the reserve times, you are technically started on Long Call but that never/rarely happens. You are then converted to either short call or Airport Reserve. The two most popular short call windows are 0400-1800 and 1000-2400. Prior to today, airport reserve started at 0500 and 1300 but that might change since they are now 8 hour shifts. Airport reserve is 5 hour of credit for any amount of time spent on airport reserve and if you are used on short call, it's 4 hours of credit or better. If you are scheduled on a day off (reserve), it's 125% or 4 hours(5 for airport reserve) whichever is greater.

One thing that many people have done to help beat the system is tie scheduling's hands. You can move reserve days (based on coverage) and it limits their ability to move your days off. I did it when I was on reserve and many others did it too.

LakeshoreFlyer

Thanks for the info CBreezy

Slim11

The conversion of LC to SC at TSA is one of the reasons I left. I held a ORD captain bid about the same time I interviewed for my current position.

If...IF...LC reserve was truly LC reserve, I could have commuted to ORD. I didn't look forward to commuting to ORD let alone commuting to SC reserve.

Another way to tweak reserve days off is to identify the last three days of a month as "golden days off," then bid the first days of the following month off but don't designate those as "golden." Scheduling seemed to have a hard time dealing with that scenario or didn't bother. It worked for me.

LakeshoreFlyer

Thanks for the tip... I'll give it a shot. Where'd you end up going after leaving RSV Capt. at TSA?

Case I

Chk it out, 1st flt set for Oct 26. Bets on whether it will fly on time?

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/30/business/japans-first-passenger-jet-test-flight-set-for-week-of-october-26/#.Vg14p5_D-BZ

CBreezy

Besides it being completely irrelevant, I'd bet the first flight goes aa scheduled but the delay the subsequent flights.

LakeshoreFlyer

A CQFO question: so there are no CQ's sitting CA reserve in ORD. If being based in ORD is most important to me would I then bid a regular FO RSV line in ORD when I'm senior enough to hold that? Thanks.

Riverside

You're a FO so you bid as a FO. When your seniority can hold and the company allows transfers. Then you can transfer to ord.