Skywest
11-20-2014, 07:39 AM
#7731
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: B767
Posts: 1,901
I also have a kickass schedule next month, and have both Thanksgiving and Christmas off. There's no question some of the senior people don't know how to bid... "But I bid Christmas off in every layer, and got a crap schedule!". How much you want to bet this was uttered by many that have been here for 5+ years?
11-20-2014, 07:44 AM
#7732
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,464
Yep yep yep.
I bid 80% in a bro base. My roommate is 2 numbers above me, got 90 hours 11 days off works xmas and new years.
I got 15 days off xmas off, new years off
by far my best bidding month on the bro
hmm...
I bid 80% in a bro base. My roommate is 2 numbers above me, got 90 hours 11 days off works xmas and new years.
I got 15 days off xmas off, new years off
by far my best bidding month on the bro
hmm...
11-20-2014, 08:29 AM
#7733
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2013
Position: Big foot
Posts: 451
bidding technique matters.
11-20-2014, 08:48 AM
#7735
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,464
depends on the month and what I want specifically for the month. I am barely touching a line. guy below me is full reserve so I tend to bid specific pairings layers 1 and 2 and augment it later on with different things. working well so far
11-20-2014, 09:52 AM
#7736
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2009
Position: Another RJ FO
Posts: 1,272
From talking to my friends still on the bro the brasilia lines seem to be really messed up this month. When every day of the month is a coverage date it's almost like having no coverage dates at all. Also the company has almost free reign to assign "replaced; not awarded to cover more coverage dates" trips since every day is a coverage date. I know some really senior people working Christmas with terrible lines and some really junior people with good lines and Christmas off. I think it just depends on how many people scheduling made it through massaging the lines before they got bored.
11-20-2014, 10:40 AM
#7737
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2012
Posts: 182
Another Bro guy here who got something decent in December, at the expense of a few vacation days... I got more into reading the nuances of the PBS documentation this month and changed my bidding strategy. I either learned something or just got lucky this time.
11-20-2014, 02:49 PM
#7738
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2013
Posts: 261
Hows chicago for seniority?
CRJ and ERJ side please?
Also whats the split on the CRJ how often is it the 2 7 and 9?
GO
thanks.
CRJ and ERJ side please?
Also whats the split on the CRJ how often is it the 2 7 and 9?
GO
thanks.
11-20-2014, 03:41 PM
#7739
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2013
Position: 175 CA
Posts: 1,544
At my seniority (almost 4 years) its pretty even % wise. You would probably hold a line faster on the ERJ than the CRJ tho.
11-20-2014, 07:30 PM
#7740
New Hire
Joined APC: Nov 2014
Posts: 3
How long could one expect to be on reserve? And how long would it take to be based PSP or LAX?
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
