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Old 10-30-2022, 07:17 AM
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YellowBusMarine
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Originally Posted by CAirBear View Post
It is very very FAIR to all who volunteer here at NK. You put your name on what’s called the X/Y List. The names are in seniority order, but once you accept a trip you move down the list. All the guys with 0 hours for the month/year will be above you. Eventually you’ll be back up near the top as others fly and credit and go below you etc etc.

There is a daily call log and you can see who was called, at what time, and whether they left a VM or actually talked to the pilot. You’ll also see the people they didn’t call and skipper over and the reason given - (I.E the X list trip would have conflicted with their regular schedule).

Its a pretty solid system here and one most everyone will be inclined (I assume you guys as well when you learn of it) in the JCBA. 👍🏻
This is a solid explanation of what we have here at NK. It works really well. You get a call and accept a 15 hour trip, your position on the list now falls below all who have accepted fewer than 15 hours. Some guys who are senior enough will drop their entire months and rack up the premium hours early in the year because they have kids and want to spend the summer with them, then cruise through the rest of the year. Some guys who don’t have kids or whose kids are out of the house will not list at all until summer time comes along and accept everything that comes their way because a lot will since they are starting at 0 in June. The system makes it so you can work it in the way that fits your lifestyle. For each “bucket” of hours, the calls go in seniority order.
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