MD11HOG

I think the way to handle this is to have the union buy back the trip.
Signed: DW But the Office doesn't open up till 9AM Mecca time.
At least JF opens his schedule, unlike BC.

MD11Fr8Dog

This is exactly right! During the frenzy last night I was chatting with a couple of bubbas while they were trying to trade trips and they almost did what JF did. The company makes some of those DPs look inviting with the DHs. I used BidX last night for my first trip trades in a long time and have the feature to mark and/or removed the DPs from probably saved me from a stupid mistake. Worth every penny, as Fastbid has been, as well, and PH could be more responsive!

JethroF15

Right out of the DW playbook! Just another typical response from "our elected officials". I say we make getting rid of Agency Shop high on the list next contract. At least the guys actually flying the line might have a way to get something changed in the ivory palace.

pdo bump

as a member of FDX ALPA, you should be glad the other crew members are doing a good job of ensuring anyone on a DP, knows its a DP. there are NO excuses for flying a DP, unless on reserve.

everyone makes mistakes...but not everyone corrects them or acts professional when they make one.

Gogojoe

Thanks FBH, I very much appreciate your remarks.

That being said, I stayed up trading until pretty late last night without much luck.
Got up real early this am and hit it hard again starting at 06:00.
I finally traded off it just now at 08:45.

I am no longer on a disputed pairing and I will be more careful next time!

I beg the indulgence of all those I riled-up with a boneheaded mistake.
I got a call late last night that I had done this from a friend and felt like a
"chooch" (Italian for dope).
In actuality, I carefully entered all the DPs in the program BidX so they show up in red. Then I traded on the company web site without looking.
JF

PS:
For all those that spoke of all my time off/trips being bought:
I do about 13 weeks a year for the union.
I try like hell to bid AROUND those union activities.
It is very rare for the union to buy a trip for me.
I believe in the spirit of volunteerism in union activities and always have.
You may like me or hate me, but I don't cost you a dime!

Purple F/O

I beg to differ, you just cost me 5 years of pay difference between F/O and Captain. Plus interest, plus 5 more years of missing Christmas and birthdays, etc!

Thanks for dropping the DP, at least that's something.

FlybyKnite

The other way is the FREE (or paid) version of MagicWebFX which auto-loads all the DPs. Some functions remain FREE after the trial period because I wanted everyone to be able to "see and avoid" DPs. Kinda hard to miss them in the text file when it says:

#-#-#-#-#- DISPUTED PAIRING -#-#-#-#-#-
Trip XXX MEM 99 00Jan 08
#-#-#-#-#- DISPUTED PAIRING -#-#-#-#-#-

Of course, these are personal PC-based solutions and do not provide protection when trip trading from a Grid computer terminal. For that, one needs to either abstain or have a printed DP list handy.

fecav8r

Hey Joe, ya chooch. I still love ya'. Probably oughta think about the "I don't care about your support" lines though. Lots of folks out there looking for an opening to take a shot at "The Old Guard" of ALPA.

Overnitefr8

I almost picked up a DP last night also. It would have fit nicely in my schedule. However, about an hour prior to trip trade zero hour, I went back to the SIG letter and checked all the trips I was trying to trade for and, voila, saw that one of those trips was a DP. I disagree with the SIG as to why it's a DP, but honored their intentions and took it of my list. Unfortunately someone else didn't.

Jim, are you working on a DP advisory for FastBid?

subicpilot

You make it sound like JF personally set you back in the right seat for 5 years. I know you know that isn't true, so why would you insinuate something so completely wrong? Maybe you just still need to vent.

Guys are entitled to make an honest mistake. It looks like that's what happened here. It's the habitual offenders we need to root out and make an example of.