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ian said:
i wouldn't consider a day on call and not getting called a 'day off'
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True. And it’s not. It just feels that way. Living 20-25 minutes from the airport, I can still take the kid to school and drop off, pick up, take the other kid to the library or some play area. Come home, do stuff with kids, homework, etc. if the phone rings of course I gotta go. But until then, it feels like I’m off.

With 102 hrs, I make more in one month than I did my entire year as a 1st yr CRJ FO. Insane to think about, looking back.
 
WaterRooster said:
2 types of people. People who think it’s work to be on call and not get called and people who think it’s a day off when they don’t get called.

If I can get work done around my house and not go to work, that’s a day off. To each their own.
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while i get that, i think if you cant pack up and go somewhere and are tied to a leash it's not a day off. I love reserve days where i can sit at home and not do anything, but i'm still on a leash so i consider it work.
CFIT99 said:
So you missed the point then, neat
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no, i don't think i did.
Derg said:
If you have to know where your phone is, and answer it, you’re at work. :)
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this, although you know we don't have to answer our phones, but still on a leash.

Cherokee_Cruiser said:
True. And it’s not. It just feels that way. Living 20-25 minutes from the airport, I can still take the kid to school and drop off, pick up, take the other kid to the library or some play area. Come home, do stuff with kids, homework, etc. if the phone rings of course I gotta go. But until then, it feels like I’m off.

With 102 hrs, I make more in one month than I did my entire year as a 1st yr CRJ FO. Insane to think about, looking back.
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while i get that, and i enjoy the same on the months i'm on the line; but it's disingenuous to count those as 'days off'
JordanD said:
If I can’t crack a beer it’s not a day off.
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we can on long call, but not short call. same concept though with being tied to a leash.
 
ian said:
while i get that, i think if you cant pack up and go somewhere and are tied to a leash it's not a day off. I love reserve days where i can sit at home and not do anything, but i'm still on a leash so i consider it work.

no, i don't think i did.

this, although you know we don't have to answer our phones, but still on a leash.


while i get that, and i enjoy the same on the months i'm on the line; but it's disingenuous to count those as 'days off'

we can on long call, but not short call. same concept though with being tied to a leash.
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The great thing here is that we are both right and neither of us has to be wrong. Hard to find in today’s world Haha
 
WaterRooster said:
The great thing here is that we are both right and neither of us has to be wrong. Hard to find in today’s world Haha
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right. I'd just equate it me basically saying i'm going to credit close to 1300 hours in 2019 in the training department while having blocked under 150 hours and coming up with some super inflated "pay per block hour" rate.
 
ian said:
while i get that, i think if you cant pack up and go somewhere and are tied to a leash it's not a day off. I love reserve days where i can sit at home and not do anything, but i'm still on a leash so i consider it work.

no, i don't think i did.

this, although you know we don't have to answer our phones, but still on a leash.


while i get that, and i enjoy the same on the months i'm on the line; but it's disingenuous to count those as 'days off'

we can on long call, but not short call. same concept though with being tied to a leash.
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Pack up and go on weekdays? You don’t have kids do you?


And I didn’t say it’s a day off. I said it feels that way when I’m not used.
 
I rebuilt our home while on reserve at Spirit. I could never hold a line until 4 people retired and that was in the last 18 months of my career there.

But I managed to work the system per the contract and relationships (not outside the contract) with scheduling. So I still made a decent salary. Heck, it was through relationships that I was called to fly PHL-ORD while on vacation and listed on the flight to continue on to LAS for NJC! $$$$ x many!
 
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