Easter Meltdown
06-02-2021 | 02:30 PM
#431
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From: 3+ hour sit in the ATL
I'm talking strictly being able to drop trips. Period.
I don't want to fly anything.
Breezy's tactic is a swap. Means you are still going to fly.
if you want to straight drop, coverage kills. That was the point of this little distraction. Although I certainly appreciate his deft execution of the tactic.
06-02-2021 | 03:33 PM
#432
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From: ir.delta.com
I know.
I'm talking strictly being able to drop trips. Period.
I don't want to fly anything.
Breezy's tactic is a swap. Means you are still going to fly.
if you want to straight drop, coverage kills. That was the point of this little distraction. Although I certainly appreciate his deft execution of the tactic.
I'm talking strictly being able to drop trips. Period.
I don't want to fly anything.
Breezy's tactic is a swap. Means you are still going to fly.
if you want to straight drop, coverage kills. That was the point of this little distraction. Although I certainly appreciate his deft execution of the tactic.
06-04-2021 | 03:49 PM
#434
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: 73N
Originally Posted by CBreezy;[url=tel:3244556
3244556[/url]]Correct. Drum is incorrect.
You can't swap later than 7am PCS run for the next day so sitting in base gets you nothing. If you are swapping into, say Friday on the 73N on a 3 day trip. Current reserve is -29, -40, -38. You can literally drop any 3 or 4 day trip later in the month on that fleet. You could probably even pick up a 4 day and drop 6 on the right days.
You can't swap later than 7am PCS run for the next day so sitting in base gets you nothing. If you are swapping into, say Friday on the 73N on a 3 day trip. Current reserve is -29, -40, -38. You can literally drop any 3 or 4 day trip later in the month on that fleet. You could probably even pick up a 4 day and drop 6 on the right days.
06-04-2021 | 03:52 PM
#435
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06-05-2021 | 07:30 AM
#436
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From: 3+ hour sit in the ATL
Yeah right there are no staffing issues <sarc> nothing to see here....oh yeah, it's the vax - dang pilots.....
we still have a huge backlog of UNAs that are in IQ training. Add to them a bunch of the UNAs that need requal. This summer is going to get really interesting.
06-05-2021 | 07:44 AM
#437
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I know.
I'm talking strictly being able to drop trips. Period.
I don't want to fly anything.
Breezy's tactic is a swap. Means you are still going to fly.
if you want to straight drop, coverage kills. That was the point of this little distraction. Although I certainly appreciate his deft execution of the tactic.
I'm talking strictly being able to drop trips. Period.
I don't want to fly anything.
Breezy's tactic is a swap. Means you are still going to fly.
if you want to straight drop, coverage kills. That was the point of this little distraction. Although I certainly appreciate his deft execution of the tactic.
If your seniority is <9,500, NYC 330B RES is fantastic QOL and flexibility for a FL commuter. When you factor in the pay raise from 7ER, you start the month 2 days ahead. Everyone responds differently to the ocean crossings, but I've found an alternating schedule of Line/RES works well. I'll fly two or three trips in line months then 2-3 SC and one trip average in RES months. Better than 90% of the fly months involve at least one drop or swap. I don't spend my days hawking open time. Once the schedules are released in iCrew, I post my drops in iCrew and P2P, then load my swaps via EasySwap. For res months, the 4 digit seniority should yield a M-F schedule where you get SC on Monday or Tuesday.
I appreciate your resolve to battle the system that makes NB flying such a huge QOL drain.
06-05-2021 | 10:54 AM
#438
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From: MadDog gear slinger
Wrt ER (under)staffing, I would’ve thought ‘they’d’ snag every ocean crossing trip possible. There are a few CDG trips out of ATL in June and I was looking forward to them reducing the TOE backlog. But for at least the one that started today, it doesn’t look like it.
I guess it’s more complicated than just buying off a trip?
I guess it’s more complicated than just buying off a trip?
06-05-2021 | 12:11 PM
#439
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From: 3+ hour sit in the ATL
I know you are on a mission to change the system, but at some point it's better for your sanity to just embrace the system and bid what works. Delta Domestic Air Lines is an entirely different operation than Delta International Air Lines. The QOL gap has grown even wider in recent years thanks to the optimizer.
If your seniority is <9,500, NYC 330B RES is fantastic QOL and flexibility for a FL commuter. When you factor in the pay raise from 7ER, you start the month 2 days ahead. Everyone responds differently to the ocean crossings, but I've found an alternating schedule of Line/RES works well. I'll fly two or three trips in line months then 2-3 SC and one trip average in RES months. Better than 90% of the fly months involve at least one drop or swap. I don't spend my days hawking open time. Once the schedules are released in iCrew, I post my drops in iCrew and P2P, then load my swaps via EasySwap. For res months, the 4 digit seniority should yield a M-F schedule where you get SC on Monday or Tuesday.
I appreciate your resolve to battle the system that makes NB flying such a huge QOL drain.
If your seniority is <9,500, NYC 330B RES is fantastic QOL and flexibility for a FL commuter. When you factor in the pay raise from 7ER, you start the month 2 days ahead. Everyone responds differently to the ocean crossings, but I've found an alternating schedule of Line/RES works well. I'll fly two or three trips in line months then 2-3 SC and one trip average in RES months. Better than 90% of the fly months involve at least one drop or swap. I don't spend my days hawking open time. Once the schedules are released in iCrew, I post my drops in iCrew and P2P, then load my swaps via EasySwap. For res months, the 4 digit seniority should yield a M-F schedule where you get SC on Monday or Tuesday.
I appreciate your resolve to battle the system that makes NB flying such a huge QOL drain.
Looking over the battlespace I am seriously looking at that.
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