Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
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My quick scan of DTW packages shows quite a few five day trips with 15-16 total legs.
Also saw some 3 days with 7 total legs.
My guess: 2-3 legs per day average.
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Seattle gets a lot less average rainfall than many cities not famous for rain (ATL gets over a foot more per year). SEA's reputation comes from how its distributed.
Of course you're asking just to get a rough baseline to try and determine that legitimate component of QOL. But right now, exceptions and BES relative seniority microclimates aside, all narrowbody QOL sucks and high leg counts per day are everywhere. They're also force multipilied by mandatory plane changes (despite the "full kitting" unicorns) every leg through any hub (and sometimes at outstations) with both long tiring sits and mad dashes across the concourses. Early reports, late releases, sandbag reroutes off your awarded trips, burning the candle at both ends due to the 2018 "optimizer" which will never go away until its negotiated away (anti-FUPM jujitsu when we focus too much on getting that TVM 8/3/3 instead of QOL).
Despite the legends and lores of tuesday through thursday day turns, reliable ER international and epic reserve beards, anything under 330/765 mostly sucks for QOL right now, every base, both seats. Legs per day is a tiny, tiny part of it. While somewhat relevant, I'd emphasise almost any other QOL metric over it when trying to decide what to pick.
Of course you're asking just to get a rough baseline to try and determine that legitimate component of QOL. But right now, exceptions and BES relative seniority microclimates aside, all narrowbody QOL sucks and high leg counts per day are everywhere. They're also force multipilied by mandatory plane changes (despite the "full kitting" unicorns) every leg through any hub (and sometimes at outstations) with both long tiring sits and mad dashes across the concourses. Early reports, late releases, sandbag reroutes off your awarded trips, burning the candle at both ends due to the 2018 "optimizer" which will never go away until its negotiated away (anti-FUPM jujitsu when we focus too much on getting that TVM 8/3/3 instead of QOL).
Despite the legends and lores of tuesday through thursday day turns, reliable ER international and epic reserve beards, anything under 330/765 mostly sucks for QOL right now, every base, both seats. Legs per day is a tiny, tiny part of it. While somewhat relevant, I'd emphasise almost any other QOL metric over it when trying to decide what to pick.
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California Tax Question
I know I’ve seen info about this somewhere on APC, and yes, I tried the search function... but I was a 717 captain in LA from October 2017- August 2019. I commuted from Seattle. Just today I received a request from the state of California to file a 2017 California income tax return. Is there an exemption for airline pilots that don’t live in the state to avoid CA tax filing requirements? I’m waiting on a call from the CPO on the subject, but APC seems to have a quicker response time
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I know I’ve seen info about this somewhere on APC, and yes, I tried the search function... but I was a 717 captain in LA from October 2017- August 2019. I commuted from Seattle. Just today I received a request from the state of California to file a 2017 California income tax return. Is there an exemption for airline pilots that don’t live in the state to avoid CA tax filing requirements? I’m waiting on a call from the CPO on the subject, but APC seems to have a quicker response time
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I know I’ve seen info about this somewhere on APC, and yes, I tried the search function... but I was a 717 captain in LA from October 2017- August 2019. I commuted from Seattle. Just today I received a request from the state of California to file a 2017 California income tax return. Is there an exemption for airline pilots that don’t live in the state to avoid CA tax filing requirements? I’m waiting on a call from the CPO on the subject, but APC seems to have a quicker response time
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I know I’ve seen info about this somewhere on APC, and yes, I tried the search function... but I was a 717 captain in LA from October 2017- August 2019. I commuted from Seattle. Just today I received a request from the state of California to file a 2017 California income tax return. Is there an exemption for airline pilots that don’t live in the state to avoid CA tax filing requirements? I’m waiting on a call from the CPO on the subject, but APC seems to have a quicker response time
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Blanket WS
I have never used a blanket WS and am thinking about one since I am only at 68 hours for November. Can I screen a blanket WS or am I stuck with whatever delicacy that crew schedules serves up?
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why not just log into iCrew about 30 minutes prior to each PCS run and see what’s there? If only at 68 hours, you have plenty of time?
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I guess that is an option if its not a proffer but a hard award, but it sounds like a lot of work - there is a reason we are dealing with someone at 68 hours here.
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Basically I build it so that any trip I get awarded is something I would have taken without a second thought. Also, trips with those parameters rarely show up except for the day prior so it’s more often then not a call with a profer for the trip anyways.
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