mysealium

Can one pick up open time trips while on reserve? How are United’s reserve rules in comparison to the other big 2?

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Sort of… you can pick up open trips with caveats on your reserve days. Not on your days off.

I would say among the legacies ours are the worst, but the time spent on reserve as a new hire is short at a junior domicile.

coolbreezy

So I have 5 days off at the end of the month I can’t pick up a 3 day trip?

dmeg13021

Correct. Only line holders can pick up on days off.

Shifty

Call crew desk at 1100 base time. They can assign it and move your days.

fadec

What? So a reserve gets it on OFF DAYS before a senior out of base line holder? This is seniority abrogation!

Shifty

Yes and no. After in base lineholders get it picked at the 1055 run. If it’s still there, game on. Out of base lineholders gets to pick it up at 1300 if the reserve didn’t make it a no steal trip. Crew desk assigns reserves at around 1330.

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In any case, it’s not the same same as getting trips on days off.

RNO Flyer

How long/how many reserve blocks are there in a typical 737/320 reserve schedule?

C11DCA

Basic Reserve
5-E-7-b For Basic Reserves available for the full Bid Period, schedules shall be constructed with a maximum of
four (4) periods of days off, consisting of not less than two (2) days each. The first day of one (1) of the
day-off periods shall be an FDO and the remaining days off shall be HDOs.

5-E-7-c For Basic Reserves available for a partial Bid Period, schedules shall be constructed with a maximum of
four (4) periods of days off, consisting of not less than two (2) days each. Such a Reserve may be assigned a single day off in order to provide one (1) day off in a seven (7) day period if the reserve line cannot be constructed with the minimum two (2) days off requirement or as a result of prorated days. The first day of one (1) of the day-off periods shall be an FDO and the remaining days off (if any) shall be HDOs. [See tables published later in this chapter.]
prorated HDOs. Prorated patterns of RDOs shall be in accordance with a table maintained and published by the Company and the Association. The start of one (1) period of RDOs shall be an FDO. [See tables published later in this chapter.]