Originally Posted by
Drum
In Feb for my BES there is one, yes one blue day. That is the 22nd. I have a medical procedure that I need done it is scheduled for that month. I tried to bid a blank line in PBS, got denied. OK, fine at least that honors seniority. Now, I have a month full of trips I can't drop and most likely won't be able to swap since there are not enough of us to fly them. I'll end up burning sick time for this. Which I didn't want to do as now I get pushed into the 100 hr verification bucket and all that crap. I'm working with my CPOs on that now. Collecting doctors letters etc. It's a PITA. I've used my IVDs for the season up as well, we've had such terrible staffing over the year, I needed to drop those as well..
Do yourself a favor and stop caring so much about Delta. If the system is so jacked up that you can't shuffle a few trips for a medical procedure on your day off, swap for the highest time trip you can find and drop it with sick leave. It is a negotiated benefit and the cost providing that benefit INCREASES when we are understaffed. The 100 hr verification is a minor inconvenience compared to trying to rebuild your entire schedule. Again, sick leave is a contractual provision. Paying out more sick leave is a cost the company has to bear when we are "running a little hot". You don't have to fix the company's staffing problem, call in sick.
Originally Posted by
DWC CAP10 USAF
This!
Believe it or not, NYC 73B only gave out 6-9 GS, for the entire month of Dec until the week of Christmas.
Rolling Thunder was not possible….
in NYC….
on a narrow body….
In December….
What a strange time!
In that same bizarre instance of the Delta scheduling multiverse, NYC330Bs were rolling thunder in Dec, Jan and soon to be FEB. In the 2019 multiverse, those were "vacation" months if you bid RES.
Originally Posted by
MJP27
I'm not trying to call anyone out here, but life is hard when you're lazy. There are a ton of tools and techniques to improve your QOL...... In EVERY category. You need to get really smart on the contract, learn the tricks and tips (like those offered earlier in the thread) and be AGGRESSIVE.
One of the best things I've ever heard at Delta was a crew scheduler who said, "You pilots really know how to work the contract", which sounded alot like "We didn't think you'd do that"