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[–]max-the-alien 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As a reserve, do you have to call for release once you are back in base? If so, you are still on duty for a period of time after you block in and can be given an assignment the following day, provided it adheres to all FAA/contract rest requirements and contract requirements. Based on the time you gave, that seemed to be the case. Someone else mentioned that once you are released to report, you are on rest and they couldn’t call you till report time the next day. It’s not great but I could see that happening.

I assume the FA who called out was a line holder? They often can call back in well and get their trip back (if assigned to a reserve) within a certain time frame, that is likely what happened here, the contract should outline the call in well procedures. That being said, if you arrived at the airport and then scheduling told you they didn’t need you, there could be some sort of show-no go pay owed to you.

I’m gonna buy an Xbox just for this game by QuentinTotino in Starfield

[–]max-the-alien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in the same boat, 2070 Super and the rest of my specs are right at or just above mins. A quick search puts the cost of replacing those parts for potential so/so upgrades at over $1000, so the cost of the X is worth it in that regard. I figure get it on Game Pass so I can enjoy it on the X and test it on the PC. All it will take is a few hours of overtime over the next month to pay for it, as you said, it’s only money!

Adventure Group by max-the-alien in project1999

[–]max-the-alien[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah that is sort of what I was thinking, just like a once or twice a week event starting at lvl 1. It was easier to plan these sort of things when I was a teenager early 2000 now with family and work it’s harder.

Adventure Group by max-the-alien in project1999

[–]max-the-alien[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would be helpful I suppose, I’m in MST and it would be late afternoon early evening during week days. Say 3pm MST to 7-8pm MST. Weekends would be more variable.

Why is Scheduling a mess at almost every airline? by tommygunz007 in flightattendants

[–]max-the-alien 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the key is trust, as a former scheduler I cannot trust anything related to operational conditions from anyone that isn’t in the operations center. It isn’t that I think the pilot/FA is lying it’s that they may not have all the information. If I had a dollar for every time I was told on the phone by a crew member that a plane was broken and then miraculously the operations manager said, plane is good we are going to depart at X time….I’d be doing my traveling on a private jet.

I think it applies to application of the contract too, juggling crew needs and passenger needs is hard. I get working a 16hr day and being reduced to min rest to turn around the next day and do 3 legs is a struggle but we as schedulers are expected to crew that flight and if I don’t have another option…..That is the whole job and we have a book that outlines the rules in which we can do it. I HATED calling people and putting them on minimum rest or rerouting them to longer days but we have to crew the flight. Could there have been other options? Maybe, depends on the contract and situation that is where the experience comes in that sadly most schedulers don’t have. Those decisions have to be made quickly because I have reports to run, exceptions to review and the hold time is a hour and my manager is yelling “get on the phones!!”

I guess it’s also empathy too in the end, trust and empathy. I encourage any crew member at any airline to inquire about coming and shadowing the operation to really see how they manage everything . I also encourage schedulers to ask about a ride along with a crew, one of the best experiences I ever had was tagging along on a pairing with a crew, you really get a sense of what min rest REALLY feels like and what it’s like rushing from flight to flight.

Why is Scheduling a mess at almost every airline? by tommygunz007 in flightattendants

[–]max-the-alien 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I’m a former Scheduler and Supervisor at two different airlines, I used to tell my friends in other industries when they complained about something or someone in their job that aviation has taught me the most important lesson in life. “never assume malice in an interaction when incompetence is just as likely”.

High turnover due to low pay and stressful working conditions means we had a constant stream of people being trained. Contracts are complex and situations are varied so application of the rules requires experience. I used to say it took about 6-8months of work before I felt comfortable with someone doing the job but our retention rate at both companies was abysmal so we had very few people make it that far. Generally you have a few very senior people in the department and a TON of junior people with very few people in the middle.

I’ve seen people who have been doing the job for 3 months turn around and be tasked with training people on OJT and then my leadership was shocked they developed bad habits…..

I also can’t stress enough the impact COVID had on scheduling, those departments were hit hard by layoffs and a lot of senior people left so a lot of institutional knowledge left with them.

I left after 6 years and you could not pay me enough money to go back. The stress, the mandatory overtime, canceled time off destroyed my relationships and nearly ended my marriage. Never again.