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10-12-2021, 01:30 PM
#51
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Short call windows have to be given with 12hrs notice (like a trip) and they last for 9hrs (times will vary depending on your category and flight activity). If you are commuting in for a SC you can call the scheduler and let them know you may be unreachable (while in flight) but will be at the airport within 2 hrs after the start of the SC period. Also, if you call they will release you for the last two hours of the SC period to commute home if not much is going on. Not bad for a commuter.....sit around the airport for a 5hr period. Enough time to hit the gym, eat some lunch/dinner, check email then be on your way.
10-12-2021, 01:34 PM
#52
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“If mamma ain’t happy, nobody’s happy”
“It’s cheaper to keep her”
“Marriage is a unique democratic arrangement in which you have 49.9% of every vote”
(Seriously. They may say “we can’t move, think of the children!”. What they mean: “we’re not moving, you’re commuting “)
“It’s cheaper to keep her”
“Marriage is a unique democratic arrangement in which you have 49.9% of every vote”
(Seriously. They may say “we can’t move, think of the children!”. What they mean: “we’re not moving, you’re commuting “)
10-12-2021, 01:42 PM
#53
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Joined APC: May 2016
Posts: 397
Imagine being in a marriage with a stepdaughter whose biological father is local and active in her life, and subsequently telling said daughter you’re moving her away. No thanks.
Life is sometimes lived in the gray and not always about you.
Life is sometimes lived in the gray and not always about you.
10-12-2021, 01:43 PM
#54
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that’s pretty different from the cowardly “if mama ain’t happy nobody’s happy” capitulation stance
10-12-2021, 01:45 PM
#55
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 10,518
+1. There are probably a hundred different possible reasons not to leave. Your kids' friends. Your and your wife's friends. A support network of family. Losing a few hours per trip and close-in greenslips is WELL worth not having to live in Delta Pilot City for a lot of people. It's a perk of the job.
10-12-2021, 03:14 PM
#57
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
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As a new guy/gal, do you have the ability to choose between LC and SC? Scenario is potentially living 2-3 hours from base, traffic dependent. It seems to me being LC, way more flexible in planning my drive. I could sit at home. SC, probably going to need a crash pad so I can be ready to go.
10-12-2021, 03:29 PM
#58
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
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+1. There are probably a hundred different possible reasons not to leave. Your kids' friends. Your and your wife's friends. A support network of family. Losing a few hours per trip and close-in greenslips is WELL worth not having to live in Delta Pilot City for a lot of people. It's a perk of the job.
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