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04-15-2024, 08:47 PM

#141

flensr

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Joined APC: Nov 2015

Posts: 1,153

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zard

I dig those. It's win win for me, usually. If I don't win it at premium, it probably went to a reserve. If I really wanna go to work or if it's the easy formerly subrigged trash a catfish bottom feeder like me likes to scoop up, I just text the reserve and make sure he's not a commuter and then I extra fly it for 2 TFP less than it would have paid premium. Everyone wins.

Making that call to the reserve pilot first is very courteous, good form.

04-15-2024, 08:56 PM

#142

e6bpilot

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Joined APC: Apr 2013

Posts: 3,668

Fully rigged open time is one of the biggest and most underrated gains in this contract.

04-16-2024, 12:12 AM

#143

ZapBrannigan

Furloughed Again?!

Joined APC: Aug 2007

Position: Boeing 737

Posts: 4,804

Now we just need those senior guys to auto bid simulator seat support events so AM reserves will stop getting that 3:05am call from scheduling "Guess what YOU'RE doing in 2 hours?!" 😱

04-16-2024, 02:43 AM

#144

Mozam

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Joined APC: Jan 2016

Position: Left

Posts: 1,260

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan

Now we just need those senior guys to auto bid simulator seat support events so AM reserves will stop getting that 3:05am call from scheduling "Guess what YOU'RE doing in 2 hours?!" 😱

Maybe if it paid the correct pay they would.

04-16-2024, 02:48 AM

#145

waterskisabersw

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Joined APC: Jul 2015

Position: 737

Posts: 403

Quote:

Originally Posted by flyguy81

Proffering a nonconforming or short notice trip will eventually give you release to check in and POT day 1 won’t apply. Short notice stuff is all POT before rsv now anyway so the only way you’d get it as a trip preference would be if there are no POT bidders….one reason why Rsv’s are sitting more…fewer trips in DOT to fly due to the cba.

Not talking profering. Talking when there's only a few trips in there, and may not technically be short call out... We've all looked at open time while sitting reserve and known with great certainty "well, I guess I'm going to MAF tonight."

And sometimes it just takes some time to realize you missed a call and then get through the subsequent phone tree. Not my fault they got a system that sends you for a loop any time a mosquito in the next county sneezes.

04-16-2024, 11:55 AM

#146

hoover

At your mom's house

Joined APC: Jun 2008

Position: cpt 737

Posts: 2,798

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mozam

Maybe if it paid the correct pay they would.

I thought all sim events pay premium before reserve?
So 7.5 for a couple hrs in the box isn't enough?

04-16-2024, 04:01 PM

#147

Cnflys

New Hire

Joined APC: Dec 2016

Posts: 7

Under the new contract, premium for a sim is now 9.75 TFP.

04-16-2024, 04:06 PM

#148

CA1900

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Posts: 843

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cnflys

Under the new contract, premium for a sim is now 9.75 TFP.

Even more important, it is contractually a non-jeopardy event for the seat filler.

04-16-2024, 04:20 PM

#149

Puckpilot78

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Posts: 54

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoover

I thought all sim events pay premium before reserve?
So 7.5 for a couple hrs in the box isn't enough?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cnflys

Under the new contract, premium for a sim is now 9.75 TFP.

For those not in Dallas: what I believe [MENTION=65737]Mozam[/MENTION] is referring to is that starting a few weeks ago scheduling began adding a duty period after the sim block which somehow (SWA math) resulted in sims paying 8.88 premium vs 9.75 SWAPA says they're looking into it, remains to be seen what ends up happening.

04-16-2024, 04:38 PM

#150

Rseat

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Joined APC: Mar 2020

Posts: 84

Quote:

Originally Posted by CA1900

Even more important, it is contractually a non-jeopardy event for the seat filler.

I haven't seen the language but good if true.

All it would take is an "unusually motivated" check airman and the Feds showing up to help, for things to potentially go sideways.