Get rid of Virtual Basing!
#131
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 1,114
Inertia mostly. I have adapted to our current system. These over max pickups are how common? I did it once when I swapped a 2 day for a 4 day but it gave me 2 days off I needed. I probably could have dropped and then hoped for something to come available but I put a swap in to be sure I didn’t lose pay.
Again, I don’t think over max pickups are not common enough to address. VBs on the other hand are new and are easily put down. The data on VBs will come regardless of my objections. My fear is it will morph over time into something nobody wants or intended.
Again, I don’t think over max pickups are not common enough to address. VBs on the other hand are new and are easily put down. The data on VBs will come regardless of my objections. My fear is it will morph over time into something nobody wants or intended.
#132
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2015
Position: Power top
Posts: 2,959
I hadn't really heard of people doing this until I came to the WB. Now, I regularly hear other pilots talking about picking up to 100+ hours every month. I've even had a few guys tell me that they "don't really need vacation, because they get to much time off," so they use vacation months to get up over 110+ hours, with pickups and carryout trips... Even got an odd stare when I said I use those months to have lots of time off. Lol.
I'm all for people using the contract to their advantage, but I think a cap would be good for the whole group.
I'm all for people using the contract to their advantage, but I think a cap would be good for the whole group.
#133
#134
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2014
Posts: 4,905
~15 hours/month at 330 rate, plus PS, plus DC, plus per diem, plus international override...maybe $85k/yr? Not saying it's right, but I can understand where a guy trying to catch back up on retirement might be banking on 90-100 month.
#135
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 1,114
Not casting judgement, just can’t have it both ways.
#137
The limits that were put on this were put there for a reason. It works well in the middle of the country where there is a limited increase in credit and most rotations would be costal turns or two-days.
What also hampers Delta using VB's as designed is how network utilizes their jets. The bump in credit they outlined for BOS is because there is a still a large mix of 737's and 320's doing the flying. The decide to go one way or the other on their gauge, the issue goes away.
#138
Now you know why the first leg can't be an international crossing.
The limits that were put on this were put there for a reason. It works well in the middle of the country where there is a limited increase in credit and most rotations would be costal turns or two-days.
What also hampers Delta using VB's as designed is how network utilizes their jets. The bump in credit they outlined for BOS is because there is a still a large mix of 737's and 320's doing the flying. The decide to go one way or the other on their gauge, the issue goes away.
The limits that were put on this were put there for a reason. It works well in the middle of the country where there is a limited increase in credit and most rotations would be costal turns or two-days.
What also hampers Delta using VB's as designed is how network utilizes their jets. The bump in credit they outlined for BOS is because there is a still a large mix of 737's and 320's doing the flying. The decide to go one way or the other on their gauge, the issue goes away.
Last edited by 80ktsClamp; 02-12-2018 at 11:26 AM.
#139
What also hampers Delta using VB's as designed is how network utilizes their jets. The bump in credit they outlined for BOS is because there is a still a large mix of 737's and 320's doing the flying. The decide to go one way or the other on their gauge, the issue goes away.
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