get2flyin
Flyinawa!
- Joined
- Jan 25, 2004
- Posts
- 794
How 'bout putting up schedules of low end block holders...capt and f/o? No vacation...
OK, Chief..Here you go. Reserve in July (*not by choice) and a line in August so I'm skimming the bottom of the line holders. I'm too junior to get vacation in the summer time but I don't bother bidding it because I don't have school age kids. Also, I don't bother bidding weekends off because I don't need them off. I have family in town in August so I bid a block of days off and I find going through customs to be irritating, so I bid to stay out of Canada and Mexico. I don't really care where I overnight so I don't bid particular cities or pairings. Finally, fighting rush hour can increase my drive time by 15 minutes so I request to start after 10am and finish before 4pm.
Here's what I put into the PBS "Voo-doo" system, it takes me about 3 minutes each month.
(These are all the parameters I bid. I could do a bunch more, but as I stated previously, there isn't much I really needed)
Type of Line Desired: Desire Regular Line
No Fly List: 101XXX *(Not a terrible guy, just flies like he's "On Board". F-that. I NEVER have to fly with him)
Other options:
Accept a 24 hr period instead of 1 calendar day: NO
Request training if eligible: NO
Accept same day report after a late release: NO
Accept to sell days off: NO
Request long call reserve line: YES
Selected GDs:
500 pts Desire Period Off Su 14 AUG -Th 18 AUG
*(Did OK with this request, finish 14th at 9:20am, Start 18th at 7:30am)
100 pts Avoid Check-In Before 1000 *(3 of 4 start before 10, juniority sucks)
100 pts Avoid Release After 1600 *(All trips release by 12:50)
100 pts Avoid Pairings going in Canada Region *(No flight to Canada assigned)
100 pts Avoid Pairings going in Mexico Region *(No flight to Mexico assigned)
And here is what I got.
M 1 LP (Long Call Carry-in)
T 2
W 3
T 4 1115 (SI) PHX 0488(DEN)-0306(CLT) -0058 (MSP) 1950 Layover
F 5 0056(PHX)-0233(DTW) 2803 Layover
S 6
S 7 0281(PHX) 1250 Release 1843 Block 2100 Credit
M 8
T 9
W 10
T 11 620 (SI) PHX 0263(SMF)-0230(PHX) -0230(DTW) 1117 Layover
F 12 0583(PHX)-0647(ONT) 1751 Layover
S 13 0057(PHX)-0057(MSP) 1643 Layover
S 14 0027(PHX) 920am Release 2106 Block 2106
M 15
T 16
W 17
T 18 730 (SI) PHX 0302(CLT) 1458 Layover
F 19 0537(SEA) 2144 Layover
S 20 0078(PHL) 1406 Layover
S 21 0090(ORD)-0090(PHX) 1250 Release 2045 Block 2100 Credit
M 22
T 23
W 24
T 25
F 26 859 (SI) PHX 0600(LAS)-0395(DFW) 1329 Layover
S 27 0541(LAS)-0393(DFW) 1817 Layover
S 28 0374(CLT)-0374(JFK) 1754 Layover
M 29 0075(PHX) 1224 Release 1852 Block 2100 Credit
T 30
W 31
TAFB : 301.20 Excess Credit: 0.00 Total Calendar Days Off : 14
Total Block : 7926 Credit Range : [7800-9200] Total Credit : 8823
I have to say NO to giving the company a reason to furlough. Why don't they guarantee no furloughs? Because they want to furlough with PBS, with no min utilization and worse scope protections. We have to can the KP and start from scratch.
I'm going to get 4 trips that are 4 days long if we use line bidding or PBS. At least with PBS I don't get 4 trips I hate. How am I causing guys to get furloughed?
Last edited: