forgot to bid

remember raw scores are not indicative of ow much someone is working. If you look and see a senior pilot with a 175 raw score with the average raw score below 100 then you might conclude the system screwed that guy. But look at their schedule and chances are you'll find some MLOA time.

flight hours comes closer to showing work but even then I'd argue when you are called out a trip then most of the time you have little control over whether you're flying a 23 hour four day or a 15 hour four day, or a 8 hour day trip of a deadhead to a 1 hour flight to a deadhead home.

what i'd like to see if days worked off LC plus SCs sat plus days worked off SC.

Scoop

FTB,

Good discussion and you bring up many good points. All of which however, have valid counterpoints. To answer you question above - my answer remains the same: I would rather have a system that gives the best QOL to the most pilots.

So why stop at the reserve Pilots - why not spread QOL out amongst all pilots. When I bid a line every Pilot above me is awarded at least three rotations before I can pick my first. Extrapolating your logic to lineholders, why not every pilot pick a single rotation in seniority order, then when every line-holder has his "Primary" rotation you go back and the most senior Pilot picks his second rotation and so down the seniority list until all the line-holders are finished?

Wouldn't this also be a way of ensuring that the top 70% of line-holders get a better QOL than just the first 1/3 getting great lines, the second 1/3 doing OK and the bottom 1/3 getting the scraps?

Like I say, you bring up many good points but one Pilots scheduling improvement is often another Pilots scheduling degradation. The current system is a result of numerous adjustments over the years some changes increasing the power of seniority other changes decreasing it.

The only thing that remains the same is that as soon as the changes are implemented the group that perceives themselves to be harmed by the new rules gets mad as Hell. I have no doubt this refinement process will continue, and it should, but it should be based on the analysis of a substantial amount of hard data covering all the domiciles and all the equipment.

Scoop

acl65pilot

No, I means that Doug Parker agreed to a NDA to explore a merger the way Tom Horton wants to do it, by AMR being the acquiring carrier.

Fwiw many carriers have signed one with AMR. ALK and British Airways to name a few.

SFWB

I saw a Delta 757 land in TCL (Tuscaloosa, AL) today. Why?

cfiguy11

Probably a charter for the Bama v Michigan game tomorrow.

iaflyer

Most likely bringing the University of Michigan football team down to play Alabama tomorrow night. We do their football charters.

PinnacleFO

the game is in Dallas, Michigan left from DTW earlier I think. They were probably picking up Bama

FmrFreightDog

I used to. I always parked in the landside portion of the Camp Creek lot and rode the bus to the terminal to clear security. Ran that by the CPO during all the TSA catching commuters bypassing security crackdown and they said it was fine. Technically you can also park in the secure side of the lot, ride the bus to A, haul all your stuff out to the terminal, and clear security before commuting, but why bother?

FmrFreightDog

Meh... I'm still stewing over the fact that I actually spent a fair amount of time at that house in undergrad and never saw that much boob...

At least the paltry amount I did see there was sticker-free, but still.....

FmrFreightDog

Someone should have told that to the officiating crew that Steve Spurrier apparently brought with him to the game on Thursday....