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01-06-2014, 03:33 PM

#146241

Dirtdiver

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Joined APC: Apr 2008

Position: 767A

Posts: 791

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Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob

Got one better, Had a GSWC in on Friday night in JFK that would have gotten me home a day earlier and it went instead to a reserve who put in a yellow slip.

No way you could have known that trip would have been yours GSWC unless the scheduler told you.

GSWC are so far down the assignment tree, they're very rare. Take a look at your contract before you make such bold statements

01-06-2014, 04:04 PM

#146242

Purple Drank

Straight QOL, homie

Joined APC: Feb 2012

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Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob

Got one better, Had a GSWC in on Friday night in JFK that would have gotten me home a day earlier and it went instead to a reserve who put in a yellow slip.

I'm on my 3rd inverse assignment robocall today and no GSWCs have gone out. At this time, I think the company will cancel the flight before it hands out a GSWC.

Incidentally, after rerouting me into a 12 hour duty day on day 5 of a 4 day trip, does the company really think I'm going to fall over myself to help them out when they refused to hire?

01-06-2014, 04:17 PM

#146243

GunshipGuy

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Originally Posted by PilotFrog

Spoke with an DALPA scheduling guy and it seems some reserve pilots have acknowledged a trip less then 10 hrs prior and then were given an APD by the company. He says that DALPA investigated and the APD was removed later. Not sure on the accuracy but it does sound like DALPA has our back on those.

Spoke with a rep a few days ago. He said at that point we had had a half dozen given a PD for acknowledging inside 10 hrs and had the trip dropped. He said they'll be filing a grievance. I also saw a trip where a pilot's rotation started with (as in was originally scheduled) a DH and then another leg which put the pilot past the Max Duty day and required him to fly into his 2 hour extension. This was how it was built. Said rep said he would not have accepted the trip as it was scheduled. I don't know what the pilot in question did. Point being: look out for trips built that have you flying into your 2 hr extension from the get go.

01-06-2014, 04:33 PM

#146244

newKnow

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Good luck, FTB & 80!

It's hard for me to watch a football game and not root for one team, or another, so here goes:

I have to root for FSU.

If for no other reason than the guy at my wife's Christmas party who told me that Michael Jordan wasn't that good of a basketball player and faked the flu in Game 6 of the NBA Finals because he bet on the game and wanted to increase the spread, went to Auburn.

Go FSU!

Sometimes that's all it takes.

01-06-2014, 04:44 PM

#146245

newKnow

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Oh 80,

I hope your son had a great birthday yesterday!

01-06-2014, 04:46 PM

#146246

dalad

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Joined APC: Nov 2009

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Posts: 1,278

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Originally Posted by bluejuice71

No, they close Wednesday night.

Oops, you are correct. My bad.

01-06-2014, 04:47 PM

#146247

80ktsClamp

Da Hudge

Joined APC: Oct 2006

Position: Poodle Whisperer

Posts: 17,473

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Originally Posted by newKnow

01-06-2014, 04:51 PM

#146248

80ktsClamp

Da Hudge

Joined APC: Oct 2006

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Posts: 17,473

Quote:

Originally Posted by newKnow

Oh 80,

I hope your son had a great birthday yesterday!

That he did! It was a really nice celebration, and a decidedly lower alcohol content than other birthday parties we've had in the house

It's hilarious (but also very time consuming) having a toddler around.. it's a like a constantly drunk little person stumbling around getting into stuff.

BEHOLD THE SEMINOLE DEFENSE! (for now... this is gonna be a close one)

01-06-2014, 04:55 PM

#146249

acl65pilot

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Joined APC: Jun 2006

Position: A-320A

Posts: 18,563

Quote:

Originally Posted by PilotFrog

Yes D-ALPA does. Read the Chairman's letter that was sent today.

01-06-2014, 05:03 PM

#146250

RockyBoy

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Joined APC: Jun 2007

Posts: 2,598

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeltaA320

There's lots of valid reasons to ys on reserve. If you're a commuter and don't want to have to sit short call in a hotel or crash pad. I ys if I know I'm going to get a trip to pick the better one out of opentime, to put yourself over guarantee, or sometimes you can get an extra day off by ys a 3 day or a 4 day when you have 4 or 5 days availability. You gotta make the best out of reserve and don't understand why people make a big deal out of yellow slipping....

These are guys YS'ing on X days not on their on-call days. I get throwing one in when on call, but doing them on your x days is working for free unless you are over the reserve cap. There are reasons for doing them on an X day, but not very many and they are almost always for free.