LOSA
07-23-2024, 04:59 AM
#21
Respek
Joined APC: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,637
You can I’m just saying that it will be a lot more work than just sitting on reserve.
07-24-2024, 07:24 AM
#23
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: Big ones
Posts: 792
07-24-2024, 08:29 AM
#24
New Hire
Joined APC: Jan 2015
Position: Concourse A
Posts: 786
I was interested in applying as I’ve done this line of work before. As previously mentioned it takes a great deal of time to write the reports. When looking at the pay and how we would have to bid , I quickly decided it is not worth the hassle. They need to pay more. Pre bidding often makes schedules worse, not better. I don’t think it needs to be a totally good lopsided deal, but it has to be better than what is currently being offered.
07-24-2024, 09:34 AM
#25
Roll’n Thunder
Joined APC: Oct 2009
Position: Pilot
Posts: 3,873
I was interested in applying as I’ve done this line of work before. As previously mentioned it takes a great deal of time to write the reports. When looking at the pay and how we would have to bid , I quickly decided it is not worth the hassle. They need to pay more. Pre bidding often makes schedules worse, not better. I don’t think it needs to be a totally good lopsided deal, but it has to be better than what is currently being offered.
07-25-2024, 07:05 AM
#27
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 589
07-25-2024, 08:01 AM
#28
New Hire
Joined APC: Nov 2017
Posts: 2
Long time listener, first time caller. My wife does LOSA for AAL. They do LOSA year round and are either even month or odd month observers. They bid for a regular schedule using PBS and then drop 1 or 2 trips after the award and are paid / credited for the whole trip. There are often extra hours available where there can even drop a trip on their non scheduled LOSA month and do LOSA. Easy bidding / scheduling process and they are difficult jobs to get with lots of applicants. I feel DAL has lost out on a lot of qualified people by making the process difficult for bidding and only paying 5 hrs / day. This is not a good deal for a line pilot. The only pro to this deal at DAL is getting a foot in the door if you wanted to become more involved down the road with the safety department.
07-26-2024, 08:35 AM
#30
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 10,560
If you're going to do it, being on reserve is probably the smartest thing to do. 5:00/day pays more than a day of reserve, plus tactically placing LC days around it reduces your availability to the company. Place 2 LC days on the front and 3 days on the back of LOSA. Can't do much on the first block. You are not coming off a non fly day so you can't report before 1800 starting the second block. Plus I don't think LOSA would count as rest so you're in a 30/168 issue as well.
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