Originally Posted by
Pelican
How much does the PDM class pay? How do they officially notify you when you have it?
I got a call in November that my December PDM class was cancelled (didn't even know I had it) and that they were going to pay protect me for it (I think she said 4 hrs). Fast forward to January bid, I receive an email telling my my PDM classroom has changed ( for January 6th), I don't see it on my line so I decide to bid around it anyway. Bid results come out & there is the PDM on my line. Get email from ALPA asking if they notified me so I said yes & no...now it's not on my line anymore. I'm going to ask for yet another month of pay protection since I did bid around the stupid thing. Anyone else having issues with this?
PDM pays 4 hours.
Posting of PDM schedules, bidding and awarding is similar to training. If you have closed all the bulletins under the training tab, around the middle of the month, a green flag will appear. Click on the tab and you will see a bulletin notifying eligible bidders that lines are posted to FLICA. If you are eligible for bidding, log in to FLICA if you aren't already, and view the lines. From there, you can either bid a PDM schedule you like, or do nothing. The default bid is no PDM, but PDM is inverse assigned. Once PDM is awarded (if you have closed previous bulletins) a green flag will appear on the training tab notifying you to reference FLICA for your award.
The problem with PDM is it only pays 4 hours and could blow up a 4 day on your schedule worth 25+ hours. It then becomes your problem to "fix" your schedule during step trades (lest you be assignable after 2nd step closes).
PDM is only held in the middle of the week. If you are a commuter who regularly gets weekends off, it will wreak havok on your schedule.