Columbia

CSeries flight deck

Bombardier

Roadkill

Question for swap with pot or PCS. I'm trying to do my first swap ever, so don't know the rules too well... I've got a 2-5 Jul trip worth 27.6 hours getting in at 2300ish, and want to pick up a 6 Jul trip from someone, and swap a 4-day 8-11 Jul trip to them. My goal is to not have to commute back home on the the 6th only to return on the 7th...

When I looked at a trip in open time, it says "30 in 7 violation"... does this mean that I can only do 2.4 more hours based on the first trip? And on what day can I add another trip, that is, how is the 30 in 7 calculated, running days every day?

Is what I'm trying to do not possible (string together a 6 or 7 day 73n trip?). I don't have to swap 1 for 1, even a 1 day trip would be ok, just don't want to drop a 4-day completely without any replacement.

Thanks! Reading the guides on PCS and swap, but can't find the answer...

NuGuy

Alfa is correct.

When we were negotiating to fly the EMB up north, the company said "Nope, no way, they're sold out for 4 years".

When Compass was created, 36 "sold out" airplanes magically appeared virtually overnight.

When they were studying the replacement frieghter "nope, nothing out there that is remotely cost effective and lease rates are too high". Then, magically, a whole bunch of cargo outfits found very cost effective frieghters...virtually overnight.

When they were studying the DC-9 replacement "nope, nothing out there is what we are looking for...too large, too small, not enough cargo, too much cargo, not enough wing, too much wing, won't fit the jetway, too expensive...blah blah blah"

When we let them have more 76 seaters, the EMBs and CRJ900s magically filled the gates where our DC-9s, 737s and 319s parked...virtually overnight.

They want the airplanes....what they don't want is us.

Nu

cni187

Almost as sexy as underboob. It also makes climbing in the Mad Dog depressing

Dirtdiver

If the Rules Monitor section of Swap with the Pot says you're not legal, you're dead in the water. Even if it says there are no rules violations, you then may get shot down by capped reserve days.

Columbia

Would be nice to see two flight deck jumpseats, however.

DLpilot

It is a rolling 7 day period. If you are already at 27.6 hours on the 5th, then there is no way to pick up something else on the 6th.

iaflyer

I don't think it's a very wide airplane... it's same size as a DC-9 or MD88: 2/3 seating. My guess is those pictures were made using a wide-angle lens. (I know they are computer generated)

threeighteen

Sidestick is marketed to increase safety? whaaa

Also, got to love:

"RNP0.1 capability: allows the aircraft to fly routes with great precision"

Subtle indication of the future?

Nosmo King

I didn't know that the 50 seat RJ was capable of flying to TLV with 400 passengers and a full load of cargo. If I had known that, I would have compared the numbers between the it and the 747.