Originally Posted by
blue vortex
Just had this discussion with an ALPA contract guru yesterday. You do not do anything now with the PB days, but during the vac bid process you bid them as SUPP vac days. Then, during the first 3 months of the year, if desired you can PD a trip or reserve days. Then you would call scheduling and tell them you would like to use your SUPP days to cover all or a portion of the PD trip, and get paid for the portion of the trip dropped.
I had 3 PB in my bank this December. I have a line in January.
I dropped a turn (5.15cr) in January. AFTER it dropped, I called Scheduling and they applied one of my PB on that dropped trip.
I then had a 4 day that I dropped as well. I again called Scheduling AFTER I dropped my 4 day and asked them to apply my last 2 PB days on my dropped 4 day.
I only did that because that 4 day was "front loaded" with high block (lots of flying on the first 2 days) and it credited me with close to 12hrs cr.
My total credit for those 3 PB days was close to 18hrs.
You have to be careful. EVERY Delta trip pays CREDIT on the last day of the trip. If you dont have enough PB to cover all the days of your trip,(3PB days for a 3 day or 4PB days for a 4 day, etc) just make sure the days your are covering are high block because you will only get paid for block hrs IF you PB days are not enough to cover the entire trip.
Also, you dont get to select how many PB days you can use on each trip. It will use as many as you have to cover a trip. You cannot have 4 PB days in your bank and selectively use only 2 to cover a 4 day trip. It will automatically burn all 4 of your PB days to cover that 4 day.
Clear as mud?
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