Originally Posted by
CBreezy
Why does a trip buy suck?
Originally Posted by
20Fathoms
I was wondering the same thing. Especially when your seniority can only hold Florida turns but you buy a 72 hr Edinburgh layover...
Originally Posted by
Khantahr
Why does buying a trip suck? You get to kinda pick what you want, and the other guy gets paid to stay home. Win win as far as I can tell.
It’s been said, but for anyone who didn’t catch it, let me state it clearly.
If you do a trip buy, only one person is getting paid, an it is NOT YOU. You work for free, no joke. For. Free. It can have
major pay implications. That sucks.
Originally Posted by
PotatoChip
Why not just let the company deal with it? Enjoy not being called, go to the sim for a couple days, refresh your consolidation time, repeat as necessary. Worked great for me. YMMV.
Great it worked for you, I guess. But going back to VA Ave for 3-4 days for a short requal course, including two check events is not my first choice, nor my idea of a good plan. But if you aren’t even close to consolidating, I’d rather do
that than buy 2 or 3 trips working for free.
Also, 3 man crews can only count ⅔ of the block time towards consolidation, and 4-man can only count half.
One final thing to remember, if you have to requal,
you start the consolidation process completely over. Your previous hours do not count. In essence, bunk time doesn’t count.