Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
I was disbarred recently.
I think 80, who evidently fell off a cliff or his idea to use a computer virus to divert fractions of pennies into a bank account he controled backfired... again, but he had a sure fire way to handle schedulers. Its probably about 5 dozen pages back or so.
I told 80 there isn't any congical visits in prison, I think he told me to
I've still been lurking here... just havent been as talkative!
I had a chat with super about that whole deal last night. DL reserve is very easy. I've been here for 3 years now, and only 3 of my months here have been as a regular lineholder.
Just like any reserve system, it just takes a couple months to get the hang of and learn the nuances. Never underestimate the power of the sexy voice.
I like the default to long call over having to bid for it. I've sat both top of the pile reserve and bottom of the pile reserve. Senior reserve you get weekends off and by virtue of that sit on your butt most of the month. Junior reserve you work weekends, and by virtue of that you fly more.
My only gripes with our reserve system are as follows:
1-4 trips should be credited to what a lineholder gets.
5. Short call should add to credit.
6. 75 hours would be nice.
7. The elusive short calls and that being totally at the whim of scheduling.
If any of you junior NERDs have any questions at all about reserve. PLEASE PM me. I can clear up a lot of stuff and give you some good technique so it's not so mysterious and will make a lot more sense when and why something happens. It will be a lot less frustrating.
And whenever you do get frustrated: fullfill your obligations and no more. Don't try to fix a situation that they have gotten themseves into. "Let Delta be Delta" is a great thing to say to yourself whenever you see something special ed going on.
They really do have the best intentions 99% of the time... just sometimes things get jacked up. It's an airline!