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Old 11-20-2013 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by LeineLodge
This is my understanding as well. The gouge is to only APD 1 day of a rotation, and it will drop the whole thing (if there is sufficient coverage, and you meet all the holiday period criteria in the PWA.) Then you can pick up on the other couple days if you need to find some time. Any date that has APD on it is a HARD day off (like VAC) and you cannot put anything there.

To answer your question, you can PD the whole thing, and then WS/GS on any of those days - it's as if they were off days or X days for a RSV pilot. I've never tried it, but I would guess that the PD works like an APD (which I have dropped like this) in that you can only PD one day of the rotation and the whole thing will drop, subject to coverage. It's not as big of a deal with the PD though, because you can pick back up on a PD day.

**I'm 99% sure this is all right, but I have been wrong more times than not. If you really want to be sure you can call 1-800-USA-ALPA and they will be able to tell you in a heartbeat. Put your dues $ to work!
I learned one advantage of an APD. You can APD a carryout trip before the next bid month is run. With a PD, the next bid has to be out before you can PD.