NJA Reserve schedule

[be-400xpdriver]

When you call in the night before, do you usually do day trips or are you gone for a few days at a time?

Thats funny. I fell out of my chair I was laughing so hard.

 

[AirBear8]

Will you be working 18 days each month?

Sometimes you will. It's not unusual for them to have nothing for you on day 1 of a tour and you just sit at home/hotel ready to leave with 30 minutes notice. They normally won't have you do this more than 9 hours because they have to pay you overtime. Probably half the time all I do on the last day of a tour is airline home. Again, if you bid your "H" days the right way and they insist on having you fly 7 day tours you can work less than 18 days a month.

AirBear

 

[Archie Bunker]

Thats funny. I fell out of my chair I was laughing so hard.

What's so funny about that? He's probably a Pt 121 airline guy used to standing airline type reserve, where you can be called out for a 2 leg out and back, or given a 4 day trip. Basically anything goes on airline reserve if you have the available days.

If NJA sends you out for a week, or covers your entire reserve period with a trip, then that's just one less night you have to spend in a hotel or crashpad on your coin. Works for me.

 

[V1 Rotate]

How long does reserve last typically? How does per diem work while on Reserve?

 

[AirBear8]

How long does reserve last typically? How does per diem work while on Reserve?

You're thinking of reserve in Part 121 airline terms. It's usually not like that here at NJ. All reserve means is you may fly up to 3 more days per month than the 7 on 7 off pilots will. Another difference is you have to call in by 7pm the night before a non-mandatory day off to see if they need you. In actual practice your schedule is posted on the company website and they generally abide by it. You have very few non-mandatory days off. 7 day trips are the norm but some reserves are getting shorter trips. The only time you're sitting around "on call" is if they don't have anything for you to do then they may let you sit at home or at the hotel if already on a trip. In those cases you have 30 minutes to depart the house/hotel if called out. They normally won't keep you on call for more than 12 hours because of having to pay overtime past that point. Per Diem is paid at all times except when you're at home on call. Once you leave your domicile the per diem clock runs until you return to domicile at the end of the trip. New Hires are on reserve until training is complete and you're ready for IOE. At that point you can bid a 7-7 line since most of the fleet already has more than the minimum 10% of pilots on reserve.

AirBear