thanks again for previous answers. its not an easy decision to give up earned seniority and start over at another airline. I don't think it will be all sunshine and roses at 9E but the following questions might give some more insight...
when does pay start at 9E ? door closed or wheel movement ?
Door close
do you need to carefully audit your paycheck every pay period ?
I only check if I pick up flying to verify P15/P20
do you need to submit pay claims for overtime, holiday, etc etc ?
What is a holiday? We don’t have those here. If pay is off, say they forget to credit you a P20 for a day trip, you can make a note in Rainmaker (pay software), save it, and they will address it. If that dosen’t fix it (always has for me), you can always call them.
if you find an error in pay beyond XX days time are you forever screwed out of that pay ?
Have never caught an error more than a month after, so not sure. Never been screwed out of pay to my knowledge.
never used PBS how is it overall for bottom middle and top 1/3 ? is it like I've heard top 1/3 gets 18 days off a month and 90 credit and bottom 2/3 gets 11 days off and 80 hours credit ?
You get what you bid for if your seniority can hold it. I bid for 3 5-day trips usually, and have been able to get them after about 6 months here. Top might get 18-20 days off, you you probably won’t get 90 hours doing that. There is a way to bid for over 85 hours, and if you get it, it gets paid at 150%
trips commutable? avg day credit ? ya'll have min day or trip/duty rigs ?
No RIGs. 4 hour min day, 5 if you get a 5-day trip. Some trips are as low as 12 hours in 4 days. The goal seems to be right around 4 hours per day. DH & CXL are both at 150%.
what mechanisms are in place if you want to trade out of a trip or just plain drop a trip? (we have schedule adjustment, seniority based and first come first serve...) how often are you able to actually trade (need green days I assume?)?
No SAP here. Dropping a trip can be hard, the way they run the reserve requirements. But putting it on the trade board and someone else picking it up is pretty easy to manage.
reading through the last few pages doesn't seem hotels/schedulers are much better
appreciate any feed back, like said its not an easy decision to give up earned seniority...