Originally Posted by
PackTrip
That's right...
In other words, when you are on reserve, you can't pick up trips in open time unless the company decides you get the trip based on your RAW value (a formula Delta uses to keep reserve pilots about even in the amount of time they have flown...you can put in a "low yellow" to change your RAW value to give yourself a better chance of flying. You can also put in reserve trip preferences, but it is still scheduling's call whether you fly or not.
ANY line holder who puts in a white slip gets it before you do...even if you are senior...unless you both have in a green slip...(overtime request at double pay) then you get it since you are senior...like Alfaromeo said.
My opinion is that reserve pretty much sucks unless we are understaffed and you can get a lot of greenslips.
Wow!! Are you guys kidding me? I am sure they take a whole day out of indoc to explain this stuff to you. Did they have a manual to go along with the presentation?
If anyone would listen to me, I would suggest that sometime starting in the near future they send us the CD of a presentation to explain all the green, yellow, white, bid period 1-5, SOC, DCC, & A,B,C,D-Z's.
I know if I don't get a head start, I'll wind up in Minot for 8 weeks straight. No big words either. You know us DC-9 guys are kind of slow.
Thanks for responding.
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