Originally Posted by
Vegaspilot
So far the TDY has been West to East. Pilots from the west coast are being sent to PGD and PIE (with 1-2 to SFB on occasion) monthly. They normally allow the bases affected to bid it, but usually very few want to go so it becomes a constant JA. The month of March saw over 40 total pilots sent east. More than 10% of the group on TDY. The IWA base has born the brunt of it. A few of the the pilots in IWA have been on TDY upwards of 8-10 months in the past 12. BLI and LAS to a lesser extent have seen pilots shipped east as well. Apparently a new norm is seasonal base openings. This summer Myrtle Beach and LAX will be opened from around May 1 till the first week of Sept. LAX will be once again staffed by IWA and maybe LAS from what hearing and MYR will be all bases allowed to volunteer and then JA to the FL bases if not enough elect to do it. So FL will get tagged with this one as well. The 757 guys have also experienced LAS to HNL TDY and vice versa. This month 1 757 crew is TDYd to BLI. So it's been all over the place.
Sorry to get off the TA discussion but... I've read a lot of the thread and am wondering if this tdy is still the normal or has it become a rarity ? Thanks everyone and wish you the best of luck with your heavy decision