FDX -- trips not hitting open time?
01-13-2009, 06:34 PM
#32
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Joined APC: Apr 2006
Posts: 675
Originally Posted by BoxDawg
Hey man, I dont mean to scare anyone here. It just seems like common sense that we not pick up trips in open time (above our current months BLG) until we get past this "overmanning issue". If we all contuinue to fly make up (above our BLG) then dont we present a definitive picture of overmanning? I am not in favor of making a list and checking it twice, that is divisive as it can get, just asking peoples opinions on the issue. Settle down.
01-13-2009, 06:56 PM
#34
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Joined APC: Jun 2008
Position: Widebody
Posts: 63
I didnt mean this to be divisive, and I am NOT in favor of "a list", despite those that have already put me on their "#@&^ list" for my simple question. Divisive is what we dont need! I guess that I have my answer, and I guess that we have a majority opinion of "fly as much as we possibly can as long as we can". Duly noted. I am going to go downstairs and go do my MEM hub turn, its a crapper. I am also going to go back to looking at open time to makeup the over 600 hours I have of bank time (mil leave), I just didnt want to screw anyone here by picking up.
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01-13-2009, 07:10 PM
#35
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Posts: 26
Originally Posted by BoxDawg
I guess that we have a majority opinion of "fly as much as we possibly can as long as we can".
and good luck with that hub turn...really.
01-13-2009, 07:33 PM
#36
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: MD 11 Capt
Posts: 14
As a guy who can only hold reserve, I have noticed that all the sudden, I don't get advanced notice of a trip. I now get a last minute call out to the minute of my trip/stby. A very curious thing indeed. I asked the scheduler why, and he told me that all the open time and A.M standbys were being snatched up in open time. I don't buy it. Or at least the A.M. stbys. Nobody picks those up that I know of.
01-13-2009, 07:45 PM
#37
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Posts: 169
Originally Posted by Juniority List
As a guy who can only hold reserve, I have noticed that all the sudden, I don't get advanced notice of a trip. I now get a last minute call out to the minute of my trip/stby. A very curious thing indeed. I asked the scheduler why, and he told me that all the open time and A.M standbys were being snatched up in open time. I don't buy it. Or at least the A.M. stbys. Nobody picks those up that I know of.
01-14-2009, 12:00 AM
#39
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Joined APC: Nov 2008
Posts: 46
Originally Posted by BoxDawg
I didnt mean this to be divisive, and I am NOT in favor of "a list", despite those that have already put me on their "#@&^ list" for my simple question. Divisive is what we dont need! I guess that I have my answer, and I guess that we have a majority opinion of "fly as much as we possibly can as long as we can". Duly noted. I am going to go downstairs and go do my MEM hub turn, its a crapper. I am also going to go back to looking at open time to makeup the over 600 hours I have of bank time (mil leave), I just didnt want to screw anyone here by picking up.
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01-14-2009, 04:11 AM
#40
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Position: Disenfranchised Cost Center
Posts: 170
Originally Posted by BoxDawg
I didnt mean this to be divisive, and I am NOT in favor of "a list", despite those that have already put me on their "#@&^ list" for my simple question. Divisive is what we dont need! I guess that I have my answer, and I guess that we have a majority opinion of "fly as much as we possibly can as long as we can". Duly noted. I am going to go downstairs and go do my MEM hub turn, its a crapper. I am also going to go back to looking at open time to makeup the over 600 hours I have of bank time (mil leave), I just didnt want to screw anyone here by picking up.
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FedEx pilots are victims of the modern culture that our company helped create: I WANT IT NOW!! We tend to shoot ourselves in the foot seeking instant personal gratification instead of looking ahead for the long-haul, i.e, what is in the best interest of everybody is probably going to help me, too.
I personally have no problem with a pilot doing a M/U trip to make himself whole for pay that was lost previously. The gray area is abusing M/U, (or carry-over, for that matter) to fly extra at straight pay
. In the meanwhile, my family is adjusting its budget to live on 48/60, and fortunately my wife has the ability to pick up some more work to help out.
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