Originally Posted by
sailingfun
a pilot who because he did not understand how to use PBS in a training month dealt himself over a 15% paycut for the entire year!
You certainly got my undivided attention with this post! I'm going into training for the first time (since new hire) in November, I do NOT want to repeat this guy's experience...!
Originally Posted by
sailingfun
In a short staffed category with 12 day trips. Had 3 or 4 shadow days at the start of the month. Bid a 12 day trip going out after the shadow days. Could have bid and held several 12 day trips touching the shadow days and had the entire trip dropped and paid for. Would have easily received a 12 day or a couple of 6 day greenslips. Worked 12 days got 75 hours pay. Could have worked 12 days for 225 hours pay.
Am I reading this correctly to think this is an international "problem," or is it a question of magnitude? I'm going from a right-sized / maybe slightly overstaffed (?) category to an overstaffed (?) category, with the longest trips in either being 5-day, with predominantly 4-day trips in both (and I don't really know how to define "under" / "over" staffed, so I'm guessing based on what I see in other categories...).
So, TR days late in the month: bid for trips touching those days, get them dropped/paid, then enjoy the extra days off beforehand and/or try to GS, as desired?
Shadow days early in the next month: same idea, bid for trips that touch the shadow days, expect them to be dropped, then get paid the greater of those dropped trips or any OE flown...?
Originally Posted by
MikeF16
OUCH!
No kidding!!
