Mh924

I’m about to submit my app to United as I am interested in trying for the WB out of EWR as soon as I can get it. A few people have been taking about Global or International Reserve and how much is sucks, but I’m not really sure beyond that. I live about 2.5 hr drive from EWR.

rickair7777

Usually it means that a reserve in XYZ domicile can be deadheaded to another domicile to start a trip (and then DHD back at the end).

Bad for several reasons...

Possible long duty days, DHD counts for FDP but not block.

More days away since you're likely to need hotel on the front and/or back end.

In your own domicile you can usually looks at open time and available reserves and predict your odds of getting called. Can't really do that if they can send you anywhere.

Upside is that you might get paid a lot, if DHD pay doesn't count as credit for the month.

luv757

Global refers to any category that does “global” flying. Essentially Europe, Asia, Deep South America (I’m too lazy to look at the exact definition but that pretty well covers it). Basically any 777 or 787 base is global. 756 is global in EWR/IAH/IAD and CLE737 has been global the past 2 summers when the Max goes to Tenerife (I’m pretty sure that’s where it goes, again too lazy to look it up) since CLE 737 flies the trip. What it affects is how your days off can be bid. On a global fleet you only get 6 Holy Days off (HDO) and they must be bid as 1 continuous block. Your other days off are bid as regular days off (RDO). You can be flown into RDOs in a global category (it must be a global trip though). You get the days off restored but kinda sucks if you bid for it off for something and end up having to fly. Basic categories can spread HDO’s out into multiple blocks and have one Flexible day off that can get rolled.

The disclaimer is this is all current per our current contract. Who knows what changes in the next contract whenever that comes.

profitpilot

global reserve provides flexibility to the company by making a reservist’s days off movable at the expense of their QOL. We have FDO, RDO, and HDO. FDO (flex day off) and RDO (reserve day off) are days that you can be rolled into for a global trip (a trip that takes you beyond a certain longitude, don’t remember the figure). GDOs are holy days off and CS usually can’t roll you into them but it happens. The HDOs are normally in a block of 5 or 6 days depending on the length of the month. Usually scheduling will restore the day off but they don’t always have to. Basically, your days off aren’t set in stone. I’ve been on 756 here for 8ish months and I’ve been rolled three times into RDOs. On reserve, you start off on LCR but scheduling can convert you to short call or field standby (airport sit) an unlimited amount of times a month. I average 3-5 short call conversions and a trip or two on long call a month. I live about an hour from the airport so it’s not the worst. But I will say I was really surprised with inadequacies in the reserve rules here. How much it sucks depends on the fleet/base/season. Commuting to global reserve is something I wouldn’t recommend to anyone.

JTwift

You should probably delete this one, Rick. This isn’t what Global Reserve means at United.

BirdOn

It was a honest take. Most major airline pilots can't conceive just how bad global reserve actually is over here.

JTwift

I'm just amazed we finally found something that Rick doesn't know everything about.

KnightNight

global reserve is like regular reserve except you only have 6 firm days off, the others you can be rolled into. They would be restored on your next block (say you get rolled 2 days of days off you’d have two days less reserve on next block). Makes life planning difficult, I don’t know historically how often it happens but it’s happened a few times to me

ugleeual

I’ve done global reserve in both the right and left seats over the last 10 years… they don’t roll the days off as much as many will claim on these forums… maybe a day/two per month max is what I’ve experienced. I do live in base and kids are grown… so if you need hard/immovable days off each week then maybe WB reserve isn’t for you… so bid wisely. Who knows what new rules will be… I’m hearing they’ll still be able to roll days off but might have a pay penalty or cap… still not resolved.

bigr3d

How is 756 handled at ORD? I have a friend who would like to end up there eventually and if there is a 756 slot available in their class wondering
a) how long until ORD for NH on 756
b) what reserve rules they would have once to ORD

Thanks for good description of Global Reserve as it stands at United.