Originally Posted by
m3113n1a1
It seems like whoever processes our bids doesn't work weekends and gets Columbus day off. It's little things like this that would cost Delta very little and increase moral amongst the pilot group. But instead they just keep creating more disgruntled pilots who are less likely to go above and beyond.
This is a constant refrain, but it doesn’t match reality. We've had our schedules released on a weekend multiple times this year. I think they were released on a Sunday last month. I'm with you that it would be great to get them earlier, but like Cbreezy said, getting the company to finish bid packets earlier is likely a tall ask. It's certainly not worth wasting capital on during contract talks. We could probably get them same day, though we may not like the results. If anything, knock a day or two off our bid window. This isn't the days of 6+ day trips with zero access to the internet, do we really need 7 days to bid?
Originally Posted by
CX500T
(yea, I know they usually beat the 17th COB deadline, but can't count on it)
Can anyone remember a time they published them that late? I'm sure it's happened, but I can't remember a time we've gotten them that late. I'd guess I could count on one hand, the number of instances that's happened. Agreed that this is too late though.