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Old 01-12-2024 | 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Red Forman
Do you also put tape over the camera on your iPad?
how would I be able to see my basic Airbus radar in broad daylight?
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Old 01-12-2024 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ClappedOut145
The same thing happened at Envoy during COVID. We had an app called QuickTrade that made picking up open time, proffering for reserve, and trip trading much easier. VP of Flt Ops Ric "Furlough Them All" Wilson and his cronies pulled the plug on it when the pilots snagged a ton of open time which was being canceled during the first part of the pandemic. However, the pilots quickly learned the FOS commands to do the trading and pickups rendering Slick Ric's tantrum worthless. I hope you all do the same.
Yep. I was there. It immediately followed a request by the company to put a pause on an old LOA to allow them to be able to withhold open time. Union said no to the request, so the company shut down Quicktrade. My responce was to go crazy picking up the OT... almost all of which cancelled anyway so I got paid to do nothing (for those unfamiliar, all OT there pays at premium rates too). Quicktrade was a really well made app.


I haven't been here long enough to be enamored with LS. I don't really find its user interface better than the latest union app. But there are some features I will miss. I will miss the motivator. Made $500 from that this month alone. DH seat improver is nice. I don't think that requires FOS so maybe he can keep that going but it would have to be a lot cheaper.
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Old 01-12-2024 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Lifeson2112
how would I be able to see my basic Airbus radar in broad daylight?
lol. That was funny. And true
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Old 01-12-2024 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Forman
Do you also put tape over the camera on your iPad?
No.

Poke fun all you want ;-) Go look and see what device management is, then understand that CCI on your personal phone requires it and AA being Trusted.

Do you leave your web browser logged onto your bank account and device unlocked sitting around? LoL Because if so, I'll be right over! :-)
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Old 01-12-2024 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by airbusflieger
Go look and see what device management is, then understand that CCI on your personal phone requires it and AA being Trusted.
how can I verify that? I don’t see any trace on my phone of device management being active and/or mobileCCI having any more rights than any other random app.

Location, notifications, background app refresh and mobile data is all. And my phone’s VPN & Mobile Device management settings screen has no entries of any sort at all.
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Old 01-12-2024 | 03:44 PM
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LS was good. Why doesn't our own airline do what LS did? I just had a Flight Attendant show me how they trade. It was lightning fast. Easy to use and it's a company APP.

I don't believe it is APA to fault. I blame AA. They think everyone is happy with the system we have. The people in charge are not pilots. They don't think like us. They contact a pilot in management and ask them what they think. That management pilot hasn't flown the line in decades and was probably senior and local. They say looks good to me and then it becomes so. They have no idea what we want. We should be able to see a posted trip and touch on it if it's legal then confirm and away you go. Navigating through apps and entering code strings is so 1990s. That's what we have to do now with no LS. Embarrassing.

If you are looking for how to trade pilot to pilot go to Compass page. It's in there. You will also have to call the pilot trying to drop the trip. They have to initiate the transaction. Good luck.
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Old 01-12-2024 | 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Varks
LS was good. Why doesn't our own airline do what LS did? I just had a Flight Attendant show me how they trade. It was lightning fast. Easy to use and it's a company APP.

I don't believe it is APA to fault. I blame AA. They think everyone is happy with the system we have. The people in charge are not pilots. They don't think like us. They contact a pilot in management and ask them what they think. That management pilot hasn't flown the line in decades and was probably senior and local. They say looks good to me and then it becomes so. They have no idea what we want. We should be able to see a posted trip and touch on it if it's legal then confirm and away you go. Navigating through apps and entering code strings is so 1990s. That's what we have to do now with no LS. Embarrassing.

If you are looking for how to trade pilot to pilot go to Compass page. It's in there. You will also have to call the pilot trying to drop the trip. They have to initiate the transaction. Good luck.
TTS was an APA creation because first come first serve trip trading is sacrilegious in MeccAA
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Old 01-12-2024 | 04:17 PM
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Reserve March bids gonna be a bit more senior methinks...
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Old 01-12-2024 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by AllYourBaseAreB
TTS was an APA creation because first come first serve trip trading is sacrilegious in MeccAA
Why shouldn't open time be done via seniority ?
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Old 01-12-2024 | 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by cursesRedBaron
Is there a list of FOS commands somewhere?
I could never find it.
The DFW C crew room store sells a Sabre user guide

Sabre System User's Guide - Google Books
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