Originally Posted by
iaflyer
Well.. no. If you are in training from the 1st to the 31, yes, but if you training splits two months, no.
Make sure to bid "Max Credit" the months you're in training, as PBS will assign you trips, then remove them (Shadow Bidding is what it's called) so someone can actually fly them. You'll get paid what you would of been able to hold. For example, if you are in training the 15-30th of month one, your pay from Qualification Training will be 0.50 * ALV= 36. The rest of the pay for the month will come from either trips you flew in your old category or pro-rated reserve guarantee. It's possible to get less than ALV or 70 hrs (if reserve) because you couldn't hold productive trips.
That's true. I start training on 1/16 & have right around 72 hours. But I intentionally bid reserve so I didn't end up with less then 70 hours. I could see PBS front loading my schedule just to make min credit. I wanted to avoid that, which is why I bid reserve.
For Feb I'll bid max credit though. Although, if PBS awards me trips and I complete OE in time will I be obligated to fly them? Or will it just be shadow bidding for pay purposes?