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Old 01-09-2020, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Bizkit View Post
Airbus at LAX: how many days per month is a typical line and are most trips 3-4 days?


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Trip breakdown for LAX 320, Jan 2020:

1 days 5%
2 days 20%
3 days 41%
4 days 29%
5 days 5%

No idea about your other question...also the above changes slightly every month.
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Old 01-20-2020, 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Hueypilot View Post
I'm on the Bus out of DFW, Domestic. About 32% seniority.



December, I have 1x 3-day trip (red-eye), 2x 4-day trips, and 1 5-day trip. Working the first three weekends. I have off 25-31 December. I solved in the second layer of PBS and got mostly what I wanted. Been here for almost 6 years. Last 4-5 months I've been solving in the top two PBS layers.



Of course it depends on what seat/base you're in, but typically, 80-100% seniority, you're going to probably be on reserve. If you get a line, it'll probably be a line with weekends and/or red-eyes. Around 80% mark, you can probably hold some or all weekends off if on reserve.



70-80% is kinda the "bubble"...if you bid "avoid reserve" you have a decent chance of getting a line, but it'll probably be fairly crappy with weekends at work. But in most cases I was able to trade things around to make it fairly livable.



50-70% you're a junior line holder. Probably working some or most weekends, solving in middle layers. You'll probably have to use the trip trading systems to make your schedule better, and you should expect to work holidays (you might get lucky, but expect it and you won't be disappointed).



30-50% you're a middle line holder, and can probably hold some or a lot of what you ask for. Towards the 50% mark, bid generic line constraints (days off, etc) and you'll probably get a decent schedule. Towards the 30% mark, you can bid actual trips and probably get some or most of what you ask for.



Top 30%...you can probably solve in the top couple PBS layers and bid specific trips. You can probably avoid working most holidays if you bid smart.



Hope that gives you a general idea...


16 days gone a month at 30%? Working 3 weekends? Is that by choice? Is DFW senior? Hope this is not the case everywhere else.
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Old 01-20-2020, 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by AAfng View Post
Doesnt what you are awarded, you just trip trade to make it what you want unless you have a flight over a holiday then you are stuck with working that day
Only until we lose TTOT later this year, then you are going to be stuck with the Sh!t schedule PBS spits out for you.
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Old 01-20-2020, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by wiz5422 View Post
Only until we lose TTOT later this year, then you are going to be stuck with the Sh!t schedule PBS spits out for you.
Why can't we just get rid of this red/redder bs? Keep TTOT / TTS. Seems to work at Frontier, Spirit, etc.
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Old 01-20-2020, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by wiz5422 View Post
Only until we lose TTOT later this year, then you are going to be stuck with the Sh!t schedule PBS spits out for you.
With a prediction of sick time usage going up.
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Old 01-20-2020, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Thedude View Post
With a prediction of sick time usage going up.
Oh hell yes. Maybe the senior guys with 800 hours in their sick bank and 2 years left will see the light.
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Old 01-21-2020, 02:56 PM
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does the Airbus 320 MIA have a lot of Caribbean flights?

how senior does a new hire have to be before they can get Caribbean trips out of MIA on the 320?
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Old 01-21-2020, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Yuko View Post
does the Airbus 320 MIA have a lot of Caribbean flights?

how senior does a new hire have to be before they can get Caribbean trips out of MIA on the 320?
The Airbus doesn't have a ton of Caribbean flying out of MIA. The 737 is the work horse for Caribbean MIA flying.
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Old 01-21-2020, 04:47 PM
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Thanks Black Cat
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Old 01-22-2020, 02:23 PM
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When you bid each month, roughly what is the min number of hours you have to bid in order for PBS to accept it? After the schedule has been awarded, are you then able to give away hours that take you below that original minimum?


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