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10-26-2017 | 05:51 AM
#31
Gets Weekends Off
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Hugely mistaken concept about APDs. They are not mandatory blackout dates. The PWA simply says the company can deny an APD regardless of reserve coverage; not that that it will be denied automatically.
I successfully used mine for a Dec 25-26 trip last year. It processed and was approved during the first PCS run for that month.
Also of note, APDs are processed before regular PDs.
I successfully used mine for a Dec 25-26 trip last year. It processed and was approved during the first PCS run for that month.
Also of note, APDs are processed before regular PDs.
10-26-2017 | 06:03 AM
#32
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From: DAL 330
Its not really that amazing when you consider how long it is and that it is written in some bastardized dialect consisting of a mix between modern legalese and mid-twentieth century bureaucratic diction. 
Now if you are saying most Pilots should have a better hand on the SRHB - I agree.
Scoop
Now if you are saying most Pilots should have a better hand on the SRHB - I agree.
Scoop
10-26-2017 | 06:39 AM
#35
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From: N60.4858 W149.9327
There are several ways to try to get a particular time off.
Sequentially:
1) up to 2 months prior vacation swap
2) monthly bid with line/else start next, reserve/else start next
3) during the adjustment period IVD, APD, PD, swap with pot, pilot swap board
4) hardship need through chief pilot, usually not known in advance (bereavement etc.)
5) sick, usually not known in advance (people have been known to schedule surgery just prior to Thanksgiving and need until the new year to recover)
6) AWOL
None of these (save the last one) comes with any guarantee or percentage of success.
Sequentially:
1) up to 2 months prior vacation swap
2) monthly bid with line/else start next, reserve/else start next
3) during the adjustment period IVD, APD, PD, swap with pot, pilot swap board
4) hardship need through chief pilot, usually not known in advance (bereavement etc.)
5) sick, usually not known in advance (people have been known to schedule surgery just prior to Thanksgiving and need until the new year to recover)
6) AWOL
None of these (save the last one) comes with any guarantee or percentage of success.
10-26-2017 | 07:17 AM
#36
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Mar 2008
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You can almost guarantee to be unstacked over Christmas as a junior line holder. It is harder to swap a holiday trip because of the holiday swap multiplier. I have never been approved for an APD over Christmas. It rarely happens. Unless you can work out some magic on the swap board then your chances are very slim of getting the time off.
10-26-2017 | 07:47 AM
#37
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jul 2012
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From: A350
You can almost guarantee to be unstacked over Christmas as a junior line holder. It is harder to swap a holiday trip because of the holiday swap multiplier. I have never been approved for an APD over Christmas. It rarely happens. Unless you can work out some magic on the swap board then your chances are very slim of getting the time off.
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