Yea I figured that so I would def get in on day 1 at some point but for that morning after an off day it should be fine... my real question though is wether you would be covered under the commuter clause IF you couldn't get in AFTER being notified but before your report time???
Ex: You list on a 9am flight for monday and you do this sunday morning... at 12:30am monday morning they call you in for 1pm show... no problem you have a flight listed. BUT flight cancels and spills over and you can't get in. Are you covered?
Some brief points:
-This is a joint MOU: CRJ MOU 75 and ERJ MOU 20. These are available on the member's only side of the Association's website. Barring that, call the office during the week and someone can walk you through the details.
-This is one example of the merger process, despite constant internal and external challenges, working for the pilots.
-The new joint Commuter Policy is a significant improvement over the existing CRJ Contract 2007 Commuter Policy.
In your example, e.g., using a single flight to satisfy the requirements of the commuter policy, you must have a flight in which there is a seat for sale to the general public at least 36 hour prior to, but less than 24 hours prior to, the scheduled departure time of the flight you had intended to use to commute to work. If you elect to only rely on the one flight portion of the Commuter Policy, you are only eligible to use the policy to avoid discipline three times in a rolling 12 month period. If you are forced to use the one flight provision more than three times in a rolling twelve month period, you will be subject to occurrences and/or discipline. However, after your third use of the single flight portion of the policy, you are specifically still eligible to use the two flight portion of the Commuter Policy to preclude occurrences and/or discipline.
MOU 20/75 A.8.b addresses the use of the policy for Long-Call Reserve pilots. Specifically, you can use the policy as a LCR to position yourself in advance of the assignment, or, in advance of the reserve period.
Two important points:
-You must specifically mention that you are invoking the Commuter Policy during your conversation with Scheduling. You can not assume that since the topic of conversation with the scheduler on the other end of the phone is about missing an assignment due to commuting issues that you will be covered under the policy.
-You will generally be asked to provide documentation to verify the availability of seats for sale to the public or an available jumpseat. A screenshot saved to your computer works well here.
In short, yes.