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12-31-2017, 10:12 AM

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N1234

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Originally Posted by Gundriver64

Thanks for your input. I worked for two regionals, one fractional, and one major before returning to active duty (to finish 20 years active service). I am no stranger to airline life. That being said, I know how it can suck. Currently, how hard is it to drop trips? I realize that what's true today won't be the same 1.5 years from now.

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Totally impossible to drop anything. You are working every day you are legal to work.

12-31-2017, 12:49 PM

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Totally impossible to drop anything. You are working every day you are legal to work.

This is true, every drop request is denied due to insufficient staffing.
The staffing is referencing minimum reserves which we haven't had for 5+ yrs and will never have (why staff more if your meeting operational targets). Min Res is a moving target that takes all bases in consideration, even if your base meets mins another may be too low.
You can give you're trip away if someone can pick it up, big if.
You can request vacation a year in advance.
Plan on working.

12-31-2017, 02:57 PM

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Skyhawk121

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sounds like you have previous time at a 121 carrier. If you have more than one year of service, you can select the 121 carrier you have the most 121 time with and get additional pay seniority. EX.: You had two full years at a 121 carrier, you can apply that time and actually skip the year one and two pay scales and start on the year three scale.

12-31-2017, 03:20 PM

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Retiring soon: Thinking of SKYW

I just dropped a 4 day on the 175, SFO base. The CRJ staffing sounds awful. If you don’t care about an upgrade go to the ERJ. It changes all the time but I spend 3 months at ORD then could hold SFO. Now I’m an SFO line holder (6 months later). DEN is a bit more senior, BOI less senior. SLC is a CRJ only base, for now.

It could all change by the time you retire

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12-31-2017, 03:30 PM

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Totally impossible to drop anything. You are working every day you are legal to work.

True for dropping, but I give away a good percentage of my trips that others pick up and I pick up a lot of other stuff to arrange the days off I want. Now I mainly fly locals and split duties and it is really hard to do that with 2-4 day trips but with the shorter trips it's possible. -- I gave away 5 days of flying to have 9 days off over Christmas. Several months this year I gave away a bunch of stuff and only worked 60 hours a month or so. I'm not all that senior in domicile either - 50+%.

Obviously you need to live in domicile to do this and be in a domicile with a lot of local/split duties. Some of our domiciles just won't allow this.

As far a working ever legal day, for January I was awarded 77 hours and 18 days off. I've swapped some stuff and now have 98 hours and 15 days off.

12-31-2017, 06:06 PM

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As far a working ever legal day, for January I was awarded 77 hours and 18 days off. I've swapped some stuff and now have 98 hours and 15 days off.

Username checks out.

01-03-2018, 02:07 AM

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Gundriver64

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Thanks! Six years at ACA. This is good to know!

01-03-2018, 06:11 AM

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Thanks! Six years at ACA. This is good to know!

You would start on 6 year FO pay, if you upgrade in 2 weeks (current upgrade) you will be on 6 year captain pay.. plus 6 year Vacation/user actual and 6 years for 401k match.

01-04-2018, 07:48 PM

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Upgrades are very fast if you have the 121 time, but if you take a CA spot, you won’t be in DEN or SLC for 5+ years here. Of course no one knows what will be happening in 1.5 years. You’re still a long ways from needing to decide which regional to fly for, assuming a major doesn’t call you first.