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09-19-2017, 03:08 PM

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SlipKid

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Originally Posted by flyguy81

Were you both based in the same place? Only thing I can think of where a over the cap straight would beat a under the cap straight bidder would be if the over the cap guy was in base and the under wasn't. If you were both based in the same place call sked and they can tell you the reason why.

It could also be a block time issue.

09-19-2017, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SlipKid

It could also be a block time issue.

Yeah but that would've told him if he was legal when he bid if he checked.

09-19-2017, 07:02 PM

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Yeah but that would've told him if he was legal when he bid if he checked.

If he checked. I will sometimes bid on a trip I am close on even if it shows me slightly illegal just in case I under fly.

09-19-2017, 07:05 PM

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Bring a CamelBak to hold all the Kool-Aid.

If I had to do it over, I would have vodka in the camelback. Easily the most painful day of training. Fortunately there was a deck party with free booze at the end.

09-19-2017, 07:41 PM

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Ugh. Fly Day.

It's on the first floor so no one jumps.

09-19-2017, 08:33 PM

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Ugh. Fly Day.

It's on the first floor so no one jumps.

LMFAO. Yeah, but that makes it even easier to run out!

09-20-2017, 08:35 AM

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We got lucky, ours was on Labor Day, so we were let out about 1:45.

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09-20-2017, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by e6bpilot

If he checked. I will sometimes bid on a trip I am close on even if it shows me slightly illegal just in case I under fly.

Exactly. I am rarely illegal, so I never check legality on open time but it has gotten me once, which is why I mentioned it.

09-20-2017, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by SlipKid

Exactly. I am rarely illegal, so I never check legality on open time but it has gotten me once, which is why I mentioned it.

I didn't have vacation last year and managed to not call in sick any so I was close every month due to picking up quite a bit for the 2nd yr pay and always checked. My 365 look back is now in the high 800's so I don't check as often since I'm more selective on what I bid for.

09-20-2017, 03:56 PM

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I was in the mid 900s my first year. I was basically trying to fly as much as I could and didn’t call in sick.
Now I try to make as much money as I can without flying too much and call in sick when I have to. My lookback is in the low 700s currently. I am pretty much always legal for everything which comes in handy when bidding open time. Occasionally I will bid a line that has a lot of block so my buffer for the month gets kinda high, but I generally quickly remedy that with elitt.