AA LAX Question?

[Pacific]

Can someone shed some light on what airports you are required to cover if based in Los Angeles, and what is the policy for callout times (if on reserve) and duty start times for those airports?

Thanks!

 

[aa73]

If you are based at LAX you are covering BUR, ONT, LAX, SNA and SAN.

Our reserve does not have a min call out, it just says you have to be "reasonably available by ground transportation." This is because in certain areas (NYC and LAX come to mind), the traffic would never allow a pilot to make, say, a 2 hour call out. I've heard that the unofficial limit is closer to 4 hrs in those areas.

Regarding duty start times, it depends on your trip... it ranges from early morning to late afternoon.

73

 

[General Lee]

If you are based at LAX you are covering BUR, ONT, LAX, SNA and SAN.

Our reserve does not have a min call out, it just says you have to be "reasonably available by ground transportation." This is because in certain areas (NYC and LAX come to mind), the traffic would never allow a pilot to make, say, a 2 hour call out. I've heard that the unofficial limit is closer to 4 hrs in those areas.

Regarding duty start times, it depends on your trip... it ranges from early morning to late afternoon.

73

That probably depends on the airplane you are on, right? AA 757s don't go to ONT or BUR, so if you are LA based on the 757 you would probably have to cover LAX and SNA I would suppose. The MD80 might go to all of them, and the 737-800 only goes to LAX and SNA also. A quick check of the schedules told me that. If you are LA based on the 777, I would think LAX is the only place you need to sit reserve.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[aa73]

That probably depends on the airplane you are on, right? AA 757s don't go to ONT or BUR, so if you are LA based on the 757 you would probably have to cover LAX and SNA I would suppose. The MD80 might go to all of them, and the 737-800 only goes to LAX and SNA also. A quick check of the schedules told me that. If you are LA based on the 777, I would think LAX is the only place you need to sit reserve.

Bye Bye--General Lee

Correct GL.... The Md80 guys cover them all... the 737 covers LAX and SNA (and maybe SAN)... 757/767 does LAX, SNA and SAN... the 777 is only LAX. So it does depend.

 

[Pacific]

Thanks aa73.

 

[GIII Instructor]

737 sitting reserve does not cover SAN

 

[GIII Instructor]

their are trips out of SNA on the 73, the lines has grown quite a bit over the course of the last 6 months... something to consider

 

[poor2thecore]

How about on the 757/767? Would a typical start/finish be to/from ORD and DFW then onto another city? In the middle of the trip do most of the flights usualy operate to/from cities like ORD, DFW or MIA, or are you doing mostly LAX? How about trans cons... are they a many?

Is the base junior or senior... for all a/c types over there.

 

[GIII Instructor]

senior... but beginning to change now that the seniority list is beginning to show signs of movement. the most junior awards are the 80 and the 73.

 

[aa73]

The 75/76 domestic flying out of the LAX base is a lot of transcons with some DFW/ORD mixed in, along with LAS, MIA, MCO and all those other 757-type cities.

The Int'l side is almost exclusively Hawaii.

73