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06-02-2018 | 10:49 AM
#2233
Line Holder
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From: CRJ CA
No limit. Typically your first day always starts as shortcall. Apart from that all lines are awarded as long call or known flying.
As a piece of advice, do not come to an ACMI expecting lines and known schedules. The company owns you for 16-18 days a month... just plan on that. Apart from 117 and very limited language in our contract do not expect any sort of scheduling system or practices like you may have seen at a regional.
Note: Omni is much better than other ACMIs at having you fly the known flying you are awarded.
As a piece of advice, do not come to an ACMI expecting lines and known schedules. The company owns you for 16-18 days a month... just plan on that. Apart from 117 and very limited language in our contract do not expect any sort of scheduling system or practices like you may have seen at a regional.
Note: Omni is much better than other ACMIs at having you fly the known flying you are awarded.
06-02-2018 | 12:28 PM
#2234
Jumpseat driver
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No, that is not true at Omni. Seniority is relative to bidding your schedule and the lines you want as well as training and vacation. Example: I bid for a couple of lines in a South America trip last month and one guy who was more senior to me got my first choice and I got my second one. So it works the same as what you’re used to.
06-02-2018 | 02:36 PM
#2235
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From: CRJ CA
No, that is not true at Omni. Seniority is relative to bidding your schedule and the lines you want as well as training and vacation. Example: I bid for a couple of lines in a South America trip last month and one guy who was more senior to me got my first choice and I got my second one. So it works the same as what you’re used to.
But within a line, the flying will likely change quite a bit, correct?
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06-02-2018 | 03:39 PM
#2236
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If you're simplifying it qs much as possible I would say "kind of". It also helps possibly getting a better schedule (the days off you want vs the leftovers). We are seeing more known flying to bid on as well but the days off work basically the same for those schedules.
However as far as junior manning is concerned - if you're somewhere they need a pilot you're junior now.
06-03-2018 | 06:44 AM
#2237
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06-06-2018 | 05:55 PM
#2238
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So I have heard that Omni gets CASS. How about ZED, etc.? Specifically, if I had an international trip planned for 7 months from now, planning on traveling non-rev, and was hired by Omni let's say 4 months from now. Would I still have an opportunity to travel internationally non-rev? Or if I couldn't afford a last-minute international ticket in Economy seating, would I be SOL?
06-06-2018 | 10:08 PM
#2239
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So I have heard that Omni gets CASS. How about ZED, etc.? Specifically, if I had an international trip planned for 7 months from now, planning on traveling non-rev, and was hired by Omni let's say 4 months from now. Would I still have an opportunity to travel internationally non-rev? Or if I couldn't afford a last-minute international ticket in Economy seating, would I be SOL?
If you lock your vacation on the yearly bid put a guaranteed day off on the first day and buy an economy ticket with all the extra money you make vs other jobs if your worried about jumpseating... or better yet have the company give you alternative travel to your vacation.
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