It’s almost like that’s a thing.
Sell me on long call convertible reserve
- Thread starter BEEF SUPREME
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He’s 5 from the bottom in a base that has something like 40% red eyes and is upset that he can’t avoid them. Like what did you think would happen when you took first available upgrade?
Autothrust Blue
PCU M/Y SPIRIT OF MELLIE
In fairness anyone who peeps my AE preferences will see a willingness to be 100% in a few categories too, so, physician, heal thyself a bit, but Bainbridge Island isn’t going to pay for itself either.
Autothrust Blue
PCU M/Y SPIRIT OF MELLIE
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NO DATA CK MICROFICHE * 17AUG24Sure, but you understand what that suck means and will readily accept it, unlike a few in here.
Screaming_Emu
Joe Conventional
So much sexual tension. They just need to bang it out and the forum will be a happier place.
Autothrust Blue
PCU M/Y SPIRIT OF MELLIE
Indeed. CRJ captain short call starting every Saturday morning at 0500 in Minneapolis eat your heart out.
“Wtf did you expect” and so on.
“Mah life is hurrible an you all should feel bad fur me” Meanwhile there are hundreds of FOs who would gladly trade places with him.
Autothrust Blue
PCU M/Y SPIRIT OF MELLIE
Good reserve systems should be the norm, but nobody cares about RES until they have to do it.
Our system is pretty damn good now. I just don’t think any system would help being 99% in Seattle with the type of flying they do.
Screaming_Emu
Joe Conventional
Especially when the music stops for a bit. I still would have upgraded back in the day because I was tired of being poor, but we had some captains who did 4-5 years of regional airline reserve with a lower guarantee, fewer (and movable) days off, and pretty much zero quality of life.
The suck of being junior is inevitable, but that was absurd.
Autothrust Blue
PCU M/Y SPIRIT OF MELLIE
A need to make money plus “you know, we really want to see some captain time” = off I went to it.
Companies don’t fix it because staffing is expensive (even in those days) and that was the actual fix and purpose of reserve rules: force them to staff the damned airline.
BEEF SUPREME
Well-Known Member
We don’t but it’s the first model MAX with the non exploding engine cowls. We’ll get the 10s after the 7s start getting delivered. If you don’t see 7s at SWA next year the 10s won’t be coming in 2026.
BEEF SUPREME
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Yes, your first RAP will always be the evening shift though. After 1400. Check the schedule tab on the PWP to see which RAPs are needed in your base/seat. You have to enter your preference each day before 1000 for the next day’s RAP. As junior as you are you’ll likely be stuck wherever they need you. I don’t know what the trips in Seattle look like but in PDX our red eyes are almost all 2 day trips so I preference the evening shift until I’m down to 2 or 3 days left and the preference the earlier RAPs to avoid the red eyes. Also put them in the order you prefer.
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BEEF SUPREME
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Thanks.
AM short call was always the most junior on the old system. It wasn't until 5 additional hours of pay were added to short call that I could no longer hold it. I was fine with short call because I live 30 minutes away from the employee lot, at least in the early AM...
Our union keeps agreeing to changes outside of the contract (MOU) to the new system that no one could have predicted almost 2 years ago.
AM short call was always the most junior on the old system. It wasn't until 5 additional hours of pay were added to short call that I could no longer hold it. I was fine with short call because I live 30 minutes away from the employee lot, at least in the early AM...
Our union keeps agreeing to changes outside of the contract (MOU) to the new system that no one could have predicted almost 2 years ago.
I’m not sure what you’re referring to. We all know you have a problem with the union. Why don’t you volunteer? Could probably get some relief from your garbage schedule. I’m surprised people are biting on the short call pay. If you know how to work the system you’ll make more on long call and likely work less.
BEEF SUPREME
Well-Known Member
You're not familiar with the MOU's that the union keeps agreeing to with the company? There have been a lot this year alone.
So you’re upset that they allowed short call to pay more?
BEEF SUPREME
Well-Known Member
No but your rant about me choosing to upgrade didn't include that I couldn't have predicted my union would have agreed to so many changes to the contract without pilot input. I took a hard look at reserve before I put in a bid for captain. At that time short call AM reserve was the most junior by far. I knew I could live with it.
I did overlook that the union gave away 5 days off in a row and a lot of other things for reserve. However I didn't imagine they would agree to changes to reserve that changed the fundamentals how other pilots would bid.
That is impossible to predict.