Originally Posted by
GetReal
Can someone tell me if there's a handbook or guide somewhere that tells these heroes how to subvert the contract for 125+ hours EVERY month? Are there code words they use with the schedulers? "Wink, Wink...Nudge Nudge?" Since cutting in front of those legitimately entitled to JRM's is obviously d**ch baggery at its finest...there MUST be some other way they are crediting these stratospheric numbers. These are honorable folks, right? It would just save a lot of time for the new guys who are coming on board if it was out in the open. How do you fellas do it? Please share!
Say you have a line that's 75 hrs, you take a JM that's 20 hrs. x 2. You're already 115 hrs for the month. Get them to drop the following trip (paid protected). It helps if you live in base. It's very rare that I take any JM calls since I commute, and never find a day where i'm just sitting around doing nothing and can just accept a JM trip. Some guys will call CS right away, when they get a Flica alert, and try to get move up pay, with a trip or reserve days drop.