DAL and NWA question

[PulluP]

How are your bid periods defined throughout the year and what is the guaranteed minimum days off each month on reserve?

Thank you

 

[iaflyer]

Bid periods are by the calendar month, so there are 12 a year.

On reserve, there are 12 days off per month - in a 30 day month. In a 31 day month, you get 13 off per month. Reserve guarantee is 70 hours.

 

[PulluP]

iaflyer,

Is your response for DAL or NWA? (or both?)

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

NWA has 12 bid periods. 12/31 and 11/30 days off that is.

iaflyer,

Is your response for DAL or NWA? (or both?)

 

[Helos2Galaxy]

All bid period have 30 - 31 days.

For example, January is 1 -30.
February is 31 Jan - 1 Mar.

March is 2 - 31.

The rest are all calendar months

 

[iaflyer]

Sorry - my response was for Delta - I thought you were asking what the combined company would be like. Also Helos2Galaxy was correct on the bid periods Feb.

 

[PulluP]

Thanks for the responses, and now I have one more question. Someone just explained to me that NWA does the same with the 30- and 31-day adjusting, but the months change from year-to-year. For example: one year January could be Dec31-Jan29 then the next year January could be Jan01-Jan30.

Are Delta's defined months the same every year?