Standby Duties

There are several kinds of Standby duties at my work.

1. SB : Full-on standby starts from 0600-2300 hrs. usually 2 consecutive days and vary from       1-3 weeks. You likely get called out on these days. You cant apply for vacation on these days.

2. SB1: Between 0500-1400 hrs. 

3. SB2: Between 1200-2100 hrs.

       These SB1 and SB2 are, sometimes considered as Leave-Plan where you may apply for vacation.

4. SB3: Usually this standby duty is placed when your flight is cancelled. You have most likely to get called out on this day as first priority.

5. ** other standby duties have different codes depend on certain season i.e. Songkran's where some crew might have to be present at operation centre ** 

I don't like being on standby as I cant plan my day/week. On the other hand, I don't kind when I would like to be home. But, again, this could be annoying as you cant do much or go too far even when you are up/downstairs. On standby you must be available by land-line. If you are not available or cant be reached, penalty code applies which reflects on your profile and salary issues.

Fairness???

On these standby day(s) you wont get paid by hours, but only recognised as working day(s)

Normally duty that ends after 1900 hrs., next working day must be after 1200 noon.

Usually SB duties on our schedules are like: SB| SB|SB|   |SB|SB|SB|   | etc.

SB1 and SB2 are also come in pack like: SB1|SB2|      |SB1|SB2|     |SB1| etc.

These standby duties can cause you headache when you want to swap flight(s) as the way they rule with time limitation.

It took me sometimes to get used to with this issue.