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Old 02-11-2020, 05:59 AM
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COS is a maintenance base and doesn't have "hub flying". Hub flying allows for local pairings easier than a outstation/maintenance base/domicile. Typically at the outstation domiciles, COS, BOI, FAT, and PSP, pairing construction is different than at the hub domiciles. Most trips have early AM shows in order to operate the first flight of the day and 1-3 days later,return on the last flight of the day, releasing around 9-11pm. COS has a lot of three day trips like that.

Denver has a much better pairing mix, however the previous poster saying 20 years to hold pure locals on the captain side is correct.

Supposedly, pairing construction is built with a little bit of input from the crews at each domicile.. In order to have a lot of locals, you need to add a number of standups/split duties to cover the overnights at the outstations and reduce the number of 2/3/4 day trips. SLC CRJ flying is like this. 70-80% of the flying are the shorter local/split duty trips and we have a small number of 2/3/4 day trips. Holding locals only is possible as a junior line holder. Why does SLC have so many shorter trips? Very few commuters based at SLC. A domicile with a lot of commuters will prefer 3-4 day trips.

10-12 days a month is highly unlikely until you are really senior in your seat. Top 5-10% in domicile. Most of the pairings here seem to credit around 5-6 hours a day. The company will want to assign you somewhere around 88 hours of lying a month. Seniority allows you bid a lower amount and possibly have that lower amount awarded. Good pairings might credit 7-8 hours a day. There aren't a lot of those. You can see where this is going.

Theoretically, we can drop PBS awarded trips in to open time if there is adequate reserve staffing. We never have adequate reserve staffing though. That's the way management runs the company. The other option is to post your flying into open time and hope another crewmember picks it up. It may be possible to reduce your schedule like this.

Last edited by Utah; 02-11-2020 at 06:12 AM.
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