busdriver12

Guess I missed those pages of the thread. But trip 2234/22nd (of Feb, I'm assuming) doesn't exist. Subbed off of it already?

LightAttack

LaughingJakal: The only conversations I ever have with scheduling are "one way"….as in "You have a trip that shows at 0846z….Nooo…..I am strictly forbidden from telling you what time that would be "local", as I have access to the information on a computer in front of me, and you are just waking up from a deep coma. To tell you would negate an inherent advantage and power I have over you. That showtime is in 1 hr 28 minutes, but because the phone started ringing at 1:31 prior to show, no late parking for you fat boy!"

Spot on! But, you forgot the drippy "Good morning Captain/First Officer Xxxxx, and how are you doing this morning.....?" *** do you think? You just woke me up out of circadian low stage 4 sleep and I'm sure you've got a juicy, no catering AM out and back to a fogged in ROA or HTS. Let's cut to the chase and give me the good news.

I love that "surprised" reaction when you ask the local time for show.

On topic, FedEx flies charters...? Are those the guys that show up for work in cheesy track suits? Anyone remember that guy?

Patches

Yep - that 2234 is missing off JS's calendar. But Dayam - JS's last years dev bank exceeds my total bank for the last 8 years on the MD-11. This is totally screwed.

At least his Mar 14 schedule looks normal. For now...

JethroF15

Let's see.... bidding around 75% in his seat, travel bank for 2013 was $103459.00, 98% international trips.... not bad, not bad at all! Walks into any 1st class lounge at any airport singing "Where everybody knows my name..."

frozenboxhauler

I'll vouch for you, Jakal!
fbh

CloudSailor

Wow, what a thread!

I have no idea how 6 FO's could routinely (and without cheating) beat the other 500+ MEM MD11 FO's to sweet Open Time trips. That just seems improbable and highly unlikely.

I remember riding the jumpseat back home with one of our senior union guys, who was talking about the pilots with bots being on the company's radar... and that they would be fired. That was about 2 years ago. Shortly after that came an FCIF from JB that called attention to it, but nothing ever came of it, that I know of. If they our guys are in fact cheating the system in that way, and screwing other pilots like that, they should be given 90 days off without pay as a final warning. I'm sure that would correct the problem.

After that is resolved though, it would be nice to have a better Open Time process. At a previous life, what most pilots considered a very successfully scheduled airline, the company would have all pilots participate in what we here call the view/add window. That way, not only guys with C/I conflict, but all pilots senior to junior, who just wanted to improve their line, would be allowed to drop/swap/add with the existing Open Time. After that first churning of Open Time, came the awards in seniority order, and a second view/add window which allowed all pilots to again participate in the new available Open Time pot to better enhance their schedule after vacation, training, carry-in conflict. Again awards were in seniority order. Then, once "daily" Open Time opened up, ALL trips were awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, fully computer-automated and checked for legality, and fully transparent as to who time-stamped the request, and when (results of drops/swaps/adds were available within 15 seconds).

I saw the system as a huge success, because you could talk to from the most senior guy, to the most junior guy and guys were overall very happy with their schedule. The senior line holders had what they wanted to begin with, but were given a chance to massage and improve their line, the mid-seniority guys did great in this system too, and even the junior guys could improve their schedule significantly. Then, when it came to "daily" Open Time, the junior guys would hawk it constantly and would be able to consistently turn lines into what they needed (commutability, higher pay, shorter/longer length of trip, etc...). Another feature that added to this scheduling success was that there was a company-provided trip-trade board (I look forward to using appDude's FxCal trade board when back in MEM).

All this kept the pilots happy (I know, hard to believe), and the company was happy that guys were covering the trips as needed. Win-win. Good schedules + scheduling control/flexibility/transparency = happy pilots = productive pilots. I sure hope the future-ratified CBA will contain at least some overall improvements in this direction.

mrzog2138

Kind of interesting who he is flying with on his current x-pairing.

CloudSailor

Would you mind posting the pairing number/date?

busdriver12

Surprise, surprise. Management. Gotta get those two legs for currency (while getting almost a month of pay). Hey, they're going out on the line and understanding the pain of the line pilot. Someone's got to suffer like that. (I do add the caveat that I don't know any of the people in question, and all could be great guys, as far as I know).

2161/11th.

MaydayMark

I once got a VERY SIMILAR trip assigned on Reserve with a 30 min. callout ... d/h MEM - AMS - FCO (long layover) - d/h to CTA (long layover) - operate NSY - KWI - DXB ... d/h home.