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04-28-2010, 03:38 PM
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I too have been getting my short calls that are so perfectly placed.
04-28-2010, 03:38 PM
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That is an idea. I would like to fly or pass. It also should be trip and parameter dependent.
I would fly a lot if I knew I could pick up trip to get to the cap. I know I can't so I do not put in any slips.
I would fly a lot if I knew I could pick up trip to get to the cap. I know I can't so I do not put in any slips.
04-28-2010, 03:42 PM
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04-28-2010, 03:43 PM
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04-28-2010, 03:45 PM
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It was a nice option to have, but I suppose it does zero good if there is nothing in open time!
04-28-2010, 04:11 PM
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All the contract needs is a new slip for being on call. Maybe a PURPLE SLIP that puts a reserve pilot at the front of the list to pick up a trip when one comes in to open time, same day next day, reguardless of ROU. Senoirity bases that trumps it all. If that pilot wants 85 hours on reserve than so be it.
04-28-2010, 04:19 PM
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Then some senior guys would bid reserve, put in a "Low Yellow" and hardly fly all month.
For my North brethern, in case you didn't know the history..... Back in the day (before my time), guys would actually hand the scheduler a particular colored slip of paper (yellow, green, white) that was associated with the nature of the request.
For my North brethern, in case you didn't know the history..... Back in the day (before my time), guys would actually hand the scheduler a particular colored slip of paper (yellow, green, white) that was associated with the nature of the request.
04-28-2010, 04:26 PM
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Tomcat,
How's MEM 320 treating you?
How's MEM 320 treating you?
04-28-2010, 04:29 PM
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Would be nice. At ExpressJet we had what was called an Agressive Pickup Window or APW. On your last X/no fly day you could go into open time and pick up trips, even if you had SC. The window was open in the morning for only an hour on a first come, first serve basis. As long as your duty day on the open time trip remained w/in your SC duty period you could have it. The trip remained available for a lineholder to cherry pick for up to 8 hours before show time.
It was a nice option to have, but I suppose it does zero good if there is nothing in open time!
It was a nice option to have, but I suppose it does zero good if there is nothing in open time!
04-28-2010, 04:33 PM
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There were very nice things, like 3.75 hours of pay for any 24 hr calendar day layover. That made a lot of the redeye lines out of IAH worth over 110 hours of credit for less then 90 hours of flying. Trips that touch vacation getting dropped was nice too.
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