Duty Roster Procedures?

On Jul 19, 10:18*pm, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Jul 19, 9:07*pm, ContestID67 wrote:



My club has finally decided to implement a duty roster system for each
Saturday and Sunday operations. *This has been a long time in coming
and we will be running a trial in September and October. *I have taken
on the task of making this happen. *I am interested in your inputs
about how your club successfully handles duty rosters.

- Do you have a procedures manual? *Can I get a copy?
- Do you exempt some people like CFIGs and Tow Pilots? *Who else?
- How do you form up the crews? *Totally random?
- How big is each crew?
- What tasks does the crew handle?
- How do you handle scheduling?
- How do you handle full time students (real students, not glider
pilot students)?
- How do you handle crew scheduling conflicts and/or swapping of
dates?
- What are the crew work hours?
- Do you use any on line scheduling tool?

Any other comments that you might have will be helpful. *Thank you in
advance for your comments and responses.

- John DeRosa
johnatderosaweb.com

My club's duty roster includes
Tow pilot
Instructor
Ground Ops Director

Tow pilot and Instructor, if so desired, get a free, non-voting,
membership if they serve the appropriate number of days per year (used
to be two per month). *Some choose to pay dues to get the vote.
Instructors are independent contractors and may charge what and if
they wish. *Commercially rated tow pilots are given a modest show up
credit and per tow credits, supposedly to off set the commute and cost
of Class II's. *We carry tow for hire insurance for visiting pilots
(with gliders).

The Ground Ops Director role is required of non-instructor, tow pilot
members at least two days per year. *$100 fine per day for not
fulfilling the role. *Some rent a substitute. *Credit of $50/day for
additional days served. *Do you attract more flies with vinegar or
honey? *The correct answer is vinegar.

We schedule glider use online. *A member can only appear on the
schedule twice at a time and block one or two hours per period, unless
there is a chance at a distance or duration leg. *As soon as they
complete a flight period, they can add themselves back onto the
schedule.

Seehttp://www.soarcsa.org/schedule.htm

I personally don't think any of the above are 'best practices' and
wouldn't recommend them.

Last time I checked, Caesar Creek had a crew (team) model, rather than
trying to get each club member (200+ members) involved in the critical
roles. *The same crews worked together on a rotating schedule. *Active
crew members were waived the hookup charge when they fly gliders as an
incentive. *See their website schedule,http://soarccsc.com/calendar/calendar.html.
I don't see any description of how they populate crews on the web site
or how many crews they have.

YMMV,

Frank Whiteley

Caeser Creek

Full time students are 1/2 joining and 1/2 dues, full tow rates.

Ground ops is supposed to open up and close up, collect money, answer
phone, make radio calls like wind warnings. Some like that person in
the office, but there's also a frequent need on the airfield.

Dates changes are up to the scheduled person to find a sub.