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02-11-2021, 05:27 AM

#41

Flying Monkey

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Joined APC: Sep 2006

Position: MadDog gear slinger

Posts: 568

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trip7

At 40%? Did you bid to avoid 3 leg days? I'm at 35% and got weekends off, plenty of transcons, West Coast layovers, no more than 2 legs a day except for one 3 day trip(simple bidding mistake after years of reserve) which I was able to drop.

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Not to avoid 3 days but yes I did more 4 day trips. And it seems when I started on it it was easier to make it out west with the occasional 1 or two leg day, but after a year on it that seemed harder to find. What bit me too was coming off a large category to a relatively small one. I had to revamp my bidding strategy, which admittedly took much longer than it should’ve.

It’s all good. I’m sure at some point I’ll have the chance to get it right in the left seat.

02-11-2021, 05:48 AM

#42

NoDeskJob

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Joined APC: Jun 2011

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You 73N guys aren’t alone. 2017/2018 timeframe, the 320 had a bunch of ATL-Lax, San, LAS, even PHX.

They were 2 day, 2 total legs!
damn optimizer now tacks on a penalty lap.
So day 1 is easy, then day 2 is 8-8.5 hours!

02-11-2021, 11:30 AM

#43

konabear

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Joined APC: Mar 2020

Position: Pro happy

Posts: 259

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drum

I'm on reserve, not by choice. Not on the 73/320/220/71. Here's my month thus far:

First day of LC (31 Jan) - converted to SC
1-2 Feb - 2 day trip assigned with 2230 return to base (no commute home)
3 Feb - assigned short call
4-6 Feb - 2 day trip assigned with 2105 return to base
7 Feb - assigned short call

I've done 3 short calls and its not even the middle of the month yet. I'm not alone in my BES. RAW doesn't mean squat when your BES is undermanned. Last month I was used every day I had availability. Again, not alone. Going to be a very interesting summer.

Did you at least get 30 hours of rest somewhere in there?

02-11-2021, 01:34 PM

#44

gloopy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by konabear

Did you at least get 30 hours of rest somewhere in there?

You a cop?

02-11-2021, 03:44 PM

#45

Iceberg

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Posts: 2,544

Quote:

Originally Posted by gloopy

You a cop?

Did he look at you?

02-11-2021, 06:20 PM

#46

Big E 757

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Joined APC: Nov 2013

Position: A320 Left seat

Posts: 2,580

Quote:

Originally Posted by gloopy

You a cop?

Man that was funny. I don’t know why, really...sometimes the easy stuff is just funny. I’m still laughing and I’m struggling to type with the tears in my eyes. Maybe I’m just in a goofy mood. Well done.