Originally Posted by CaptCoolHand

Ah the Cartels are alive and well. Some of these guys go as far as to assign days. When it's your day you live on flica. That's your job. Some of them take turns on a monthly rotation and drop to min schedule and clear as much open time as possible to pick up for the others.

Imo, that's just way to much work to put into work. There's beer and boobs to attend to.

Originally Posted by clear4approach

What's the penalty for leaving or betraying the cartel? Is it the same as it is in Mexico? , or worse, do they post incriminating photos of the offender cleaning the cabin during turns?!!

Originally Posted by flyby1206

they do the unthinkable. They nominate you for a lift award!

Originally Posted by rightside02

I used to get ****ed when guys would do this . However I have learned over the last 3 1/2 years that you need good trips as leverage in order to trade Into better ones in order to make your schedule more effiecint .

I ll admit I do it the time and it works into my advantage to trade into efficient trips with guys more senior to me cause the trip I have works better for them and the trip they have works better for me esp as a commuter .

My goal is to get as much credit I can with the days I am awarded to work . Meaning if I am awarded 18 days off I want to work my tail off during the 12 days . Don't give me crappy 3 day 10
Hour trips during those 12 days . Give me torturous long and hard days . Then let me enjoy my time at home. I dont like going below my days awarded off cause I feel that could be a new pilot job .

Perfect example , I was lucky to snag a 10.5 hours single day island turn 2 weeks ago. It was smack in the middle of 8 days off . So didn't work with my schedule . So I immedialty put it on the trade board and witched with a guy who had the same trip that worked with a 4 day that I already had . What's wrong with this senecrio ? Why is this poor pilot etiquette ?

Haters gonna hate but anyone can do the same thing to make their lower seniority schedule better .

It's the game the company forces us to play with the massive amount of un efficient and uncommutable trips we have .

Originally Posted by expectholding

So you're the "Speedy Gonzalez" of the 320.

Aka...a dbag.

Not a written rule but it should be. Using leverage against your fellow pilots is lacking ethics. Pick up or swap into trips that you intend to fly.

One downside to your style...when you really need off and have you're trip on the board, you'll find your peers not wanting to help you. I know there is a certain 190 FO in BOS is now experiencing that.

Originally Posted by Tom a Hawk

Lol. He doesn't need me to defend him, but if you'd like a written rule why don't you volunteer and maybe alpa will let you write it?

Originally Posted by BestForward

Shifting... ~15ish aircraft deliveries in the next 18 months, but looking at JetBlue | Where We Jet: Flight Destinations , we have an insane drop of new destinations. Where are these planes going? Refurbishments? In queue for Cuba? No more connecting the dots, whats next?