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waterskier

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Thinking about making the move to this base...
Anyone know of a way I can look at the schedules guys r getting?
Anyone based there? How bad is it?
 
Commutability would be ok for you. Iad works in pushes, 8,11,5,9 -ish. The trips are mostly four days. You don't have to go very far down and the credits start dropping off. I bid top ten ca and give up front end commutability to get higher credit 50% of the time, but I'm picky about weekends. Most destinations have 10 pm flights which makes the back end of every trip commutable depending on where you commute from. Ops is a nightmare and is worse than Atl at it's worst years ago. Mx is a problem, about every other trip falls apart for mechanical problems, which are usually repetitive. Once you learn to "roll with it as it is" it grows on you. The crew base is the best in the company and there is a cohesiveness that I have not seen since I've been here.
 
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Thinking about making the move to this base...
Anyone know of a way I can look at the schedules guys r getting?
Anyone based there? How bad is it?

On XJT.com you can go to: CREWMEMBER CRJ. Then: BID AWARD DOCUMENTS.
Then choose which final schedule you want to view. You can also choose to view the bid packets to if you desire.

Hope that helps.
 
I know how to do that. Is there a way to see the awarded lines that were created from the trips?

Guess I'm not understanding what you are looking for. Bid award docs show you the awarded lines with pairing #'s. Bid packet shows you the pairings. What else do you need?
 
Apparently, Bill J. was right when he told me during his briefing:

Everyone is a loser.
 
Dulles, at least for the time I was there, has the best people in the company (for the most part ;) ) In contrast, it has the worst airplanes, the most maintenance and the operation falls apart daily. That being said, if you can get into the groove and just make things work and let it ride, it's a pretty good experience. Fairly commutable base depending on where you are (if you're commuting from ATL, NYC, PHL, ORD... you're gonna have a bad time)

There are some trips that have great credit, but most of them do not. It's just hard to make 8 hours a day out of GSP, GSO, ORF, DAY, CVG, etc turns. ATC in IAD is gawd awful (think: you're 5 miles from the final fix, tower tells you to slow to min app speed, you're following a heavy and there will be one departure prior to your arrival... / or there's a thunderstorm within 100 miles of the airport and they shut down all departure gates)

Honestly there should be a badge for working there more than 6 months but you'll fly with some great people.

P.S. Gate agents and ramp ops DO speak English there, you just better listen up because accents are thick but the people are really nice (for the most part)
 
Commuting sucks. You're gonna get your overnights canceled for maintenance almost every week. I wouldn't go unless you're gonna move there.
 
Thinking about making the move to this base...
Anyone know of a way I can look at the schedules guys r getting?
Anyone based there? How bad is it?

You can also look at the seniority list and find out where you would be in the list, then take note of the employee numbers of those around your perspective seniority. Go to flica and use the schedule look up at the bottom of the main menu. enter the employee numbers of those close to your seniority. if they have not made their award private then you can see what everyone is getting.
 
You can also look at the seniority list and find out where you would be in the list, then take note of the employee numbers of those around your perspective seniority. Go to flica and use the schedule look up at the bottom of the main menu. enter the employee numbers of those close to your seniority. if they have not made their award private then you can see what everyone is getting.

If they have not made their schedule private than they be slow
 

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