Any "Latest & Greatest" about Endeavor?
07-12-2017, 07:41 PM
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If you desired max line range that may be the cause as it only respects your preferences if it gets the hours needed. Also a PERIOD of dates off only scores once (if you value it at 100 points that's all it scores total). A STRING of dates off would score for each day (valued at 100 points would score 100 per day). Do a little math with your other preferences to check that they aren't adding up or subtracting more points than your day off request. Best thing to do would be to call the PBS help people as they will look at your bid and be able to see what is actually going on.
07-12-2017, 07:59 PM
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If you want a string of dates off, bid backwards to forwards (like 20-15 Aug) and make it a high point set. Then bid something like 20 off, 19 off, 18 off, etc. back to the 15th with lower points set per day. Call the PBS folks and they can help you get the bid right. Has always worked for me.
I bid top 10 FO in base. The mock just came up and I wanted a stretch of days off and bid accordingly, ascribing 5x the points towards getting that stretch off that I wanted than anything else. but they put a trip RIGHT in the period that I asked for off!! What gives? Did I do this right??!?
07-12-2017, 09:11 PM
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Who here would go to Spirit or Frontier if they were close to upgrade?
This company is in no hurry to get improvements passed and the upgrades are NY or NY. Something is obviously going on behind the curtain in regard to MSP (endless TDY instead of vacancy), DTW (obvious shrinkage), and ATL (not a single vacancy slot on a base you are trying to grow to 200 pilots?).
Is the bus type worth it? The ULCC model seems to be skyrocketing.
On the other hand, Spirit had to strike to get a crappy contract, what will this one take?
Over on the gojet thread they are getting hot and bothered about a "Spirit flow", so I realize everyone has different standards. Just curious about the consensus here at our company. What would you do?
This company is in no hurry to get improvements passed and the upgrades are NY or NY. Something is obviously going on behind the curtain in regard to MSP (endless TDY instead of vacancy), DTW (obvious shrinkage), and ATL (not a single vacancy slot on a base you are trying to grow to 200 pilots?).
Is the bus type worth it? The ULCC model seems to be skyrocketing.
On the other hand, Spirit had to strike to get a crappy contract, what will this one take?
Over on the gojet thread they are getting hot and bothered about a "Spirit flow", so I realize everyone has different standards. Just curious about the consensus here at our company. What would you do?
07-13-2017, 06:12 AM
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I'm an ATL 200 FO so why does the union say differently?
Think I'll bid the pay threshold and then have an official company communication to back it up.
07-13-2017, 06:15 AM
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Who here would go to Spirit or Frontier if they were close to upgrade?
This company is in no hurry to get improvements passed and the upgrades are NY or NY. Something is obviously going on behind the curtain in regard to MSP (endless TDY instead of vacancy), DTW (obvious shrinkage), and ATL (not a single vacancy slot on a base you are trying to grow to 200 pilots?).
Is the bus type worth it? The ULCC model seems to be skyrocketing.
On the other hand, Spirit had to strike to get a crappy contract, what will this one take?
Over on the gojet thread they are getting hot and bothered about a "Spirit flow", so I realize everyone has different standards. Just curious about the consensus here at our company. What would you do?
This company is in no hurry to get improvements passed and the upgrades are NY or NY. Something is obviously going on behind the curtain in regard to MSP (endless TDY instead of vacancy), DTW (obvious shrinkage), and ATL (not a single vacancy slot on a base you are trying to grow to 200 pilots?).
Is the bus type worth it? The ULCC model seems to be skyrocketing.
On the other hand, Spirit had to strike to get a crappy contract, what will this one take?
Over on the gojet thread they are getting hot and bothered about a "Spirit flow", so I realize everyone has different standards. Just curious about the consensus here at our company. What would you do?
07-13-2017, 08:44 AM
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Frontier also has a training bond, IIRC.
07-13-2017, 10:06 AM
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True. Held a line in May, June, and in July. August it's back to P3 for me. Funny since I started at this company a year ago on P3 reserve and (according to the mock, at least for now) that's also what I'll be doing on my last few days of working here.
07-13-2017, 10:18 AM
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