Originally Posted by
MikeF16
Was there a listing of all the virtual bases and planes that go with them?
No specifics on bases or airplanes. Here are the details on virtual basing that I copied down from the NC's PowerPoint yesterday morning:
Virtual Base MOU:
- Can be 6 months per position per base
- Must be in the lower 48
- Can not be in an existing pilot base
Pilots bid in via system wide AE, and have to already be qual'd in the position. Positive Space travel to from the base at the beginning and end of the bid period. Ocean Crossing (see my post above regarding the PWA definition of Ocean Crossing in 2.A.182) is prohibited on first leg of rotation from virtual base and from existing pilot base.
As a local ATL guy, I'm not sure if I'm thrilled about this one. If I lived in one of the cities where they want to run these things (MCO, BOS, LAS and DFW were being tossed around...) I might think differently. Supposedly the "time" will have to be pulled from the bases where the pilots come...so if all SEA7ERB's take the LAS7ERB slots, it supposedly would only be a drawdown in SEA and not the other ER bases just as a hypothetical. Obviously there would be a mix of guys coming from all over.