Giggety

(filler)

​​​​​​You mean like the people who oversaw Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter? Sorry, can't help, I'll be in training that weekend removing my NQ status. I'll be ready for Independence Day unless I'm out getting my shot.

Looks like we are no where near the cancellations of SWA and AAL today.

Virtually no company anywhere pays that way in any business. They all reward longevity as they should.

Well Miami has pretty much been closed all day so that definitely hurts AA. Plus the rest of FL is a disaster so SW probably has a ton of flights affected.

AA has a large hub in MIA and WN is big in FLL, MCO, and TPA. All of which got slammed with storms most of today

just a thought

Right here on APC, 767 or larger
UAL: 183
DAL: 155

My son lives in a Delta city which pre covid had reasonably good Delta service since then not only have flights decreased but also service. He flies frequently in his position and so far is a loyal Delta MILLION MILER. Talked to him today and he is seriously looking to change his primary airline. We (our leader) is getting crucified on national media and not running the airline so I wonder how many of our loyal customers find themselves in a similar situation as my son?

yup....last Monday of May.

X2 for my old man, out of one of our focus cities.... and he gets Porsche service most of the time. Still can’t build reasonable itineraries. We will see what this new “service” brings April 15th with food and drinks—but in first class the guy can’t even get a soda, but can get beer and wine. Oh and a tapas box with hummus that expires in 12 years. He’s been cheating on the D with the U and not hating it. Meals, service, frequency, you know all the things someone whose company spends six figures on tickets a year moving him around the world looks for.

SWA and AAL are also dealing with the latest B737 MAX 8 groundings for recent production issue related to electrical system.

Even on leap year? That seems, almost like, you should be able to predict that sorta holiday weekend.

We going for four in a row?

APC isn’t accurate. Check Air Fleets website.

DL: 123
UA: 213

Without getting into the whole "Is a 767 a real widebody" argument.... is this about size or pay?

PB day question
 

So I just finished a 4 day trip where the last leg was a red-eye that landed at 0645 that ran in to a hard no fly day ( so really a 5 day trip). Correct me if I'm wrong but this should award me a PB day?

I'm reserve - not by choice as I am < 60% in category - we just seem to have this manning problem due to the vaccine or so I'm told....

Not a YS, this trip was assigned by CS.

Did they still use their call sign to introduce themselves?

You should get 9 hours free of duty upon your new release at the completion of your rotation; and your X-days start afterwards. PWA 23.S.9.a has an example.

A5S

I read that.

In my case I go back on LC. My golden X day is gone as I got back in base at 0715 that morning. I have today off go back on LC tomorrow. My golden X day is gone, nothing got slid to the right. I should get a PB day for the fact they scheduled me into my hard off day right?

That reference above is not about that.

9 hours free from duty after your release plus 24 off for each X day interrupted. Double check their work, crew sched has literally screwed this up the last 4 times for me. Most of the time they forget about the 9 hours. This morning, I had to call and correct them because they gave me the 9 hours, but no PB day. Extremely frustrating when they can’t do their job correctly.

Also of note, every time I’ve ever been rerouted into an X day, crew sched has never applied the PB day. I’ve had to call them every time to get it fixed.

This is more in line with what I thought. I'll call them. I was just trying to find the actual wording of "awarded a PB day" but can't find it in the PWA.

23.S.9 should help out

Probably said 'shack' though if they got in a good zinger.

If they assigned a trip that they knew violated a golden x day then you should probably grieve that thru ALPA.

23 S. 3) says a reserve pilot will not be assigned a rotation that interrupts a Golden day.

If they truly flew you into a Golden Day (no YS), make sure you get 5+15 pay (no credit) in addition to your reserve guarantee for what was, in effect, an inverse assignment (see 23.U.3.b.2) as well as a PB day for that Golden Day that was interrupted.

that is an illegal assignment. Contact alpa. You will not receive a pb day, you will get a pr day ending at 1615 on your next on call day.

The widebody argument won’t prevent you from attempting to segue into a LBP shot though....:)

That I will.

Thanks everyone for the inputs.​​​​​​​

Nah. Not worth it really.

I don’t get it.

It’s an attempted dig at fighter guys. Call signs and supposedly slipping 3-1 tactical comm into everyday conversation.

Saying “shack” to mean “exactly” or “precisely” isn’t even intentionally slipping tactical comm into everyday conversation - it’s usually just habit from two or three decades of using “shack” to mean those very things...because that’s what the community (and everyone in it) did. And even after retirement, one’s closest friends retain the vernacular of a former career, so its use is naturally perpetuated (as is callsign use). It’s no different than saying “standby” to your wife on the phone, or “roger” to a golfing buddy establishing the bet for the round - it is habit. Who among us isn’t guilty of such gross negligence? As far as callsigns go, these guys and gals went by a particular name for decades and have often adopted it as their identity. Often times, even their closest friends could struggle to recall their actual name(s) or its proper pronunciation. I didn’t used to understand the angst against these two characteristics (use of military jargon and callsign use), but now I see it for what it often is - jealousy. And if it’s not that, it’s just one person trying to put another down to feel better about themself - psychology 101.

Good post. It does remind me of this...

“Ah, here we are
Towards the end of our session
It's been a good time
(Sure has)

Hey Trip, when we're done, why don't we go play some golf?
(Sounds good, let's do it)
Alright! Hey, I'm gonna have to cranium on over to the pro shop though, and get me a club cranium cover for my 3-wood
(So to speak)
So to speak, yeah

Unfortunately, I gotta go downtown to do it
(So to speak)
So to speak... Yeah, you know what? I'm tired of this "so to speak" stuff, sayin' "container" and "cranium" all the time, you know I used to go with the flow, 'cause hey, I thought-- you know, hey, bein' a fighter pilot, you know, chicks dig it
(Helps with the ladies)
Well, you would think. But, uhh... it's a whole new age these days
(Yeah)
Now all the ladies want is a guy who wears a suit to work, and carries a briefcase, drives a brand new Beamer, comes home at 5 in the afternoon...
(Damn shame)
It is; it's just not the same
I tell ya... You know what, Trip?
(What's that?)

I wanna say "head"
I wanna say "box"
When I leave a party I don't wanna "pull chocks"
I don't wanna say "no slugs” when I sneak a cheek
When I say "I'm goin' downtown"
I really mean it! I've got some business to take care of downtown
And I don't want anyone sayin' "So to speak"

I wanna work for IBM
And I don't wanna fight in a war
'Cause bein' a fighter pilot won't get you ***** no more

One more time!

I wanna work for IBM
And I don't wanna fight in a war
'Cause bein' a fighter pilot won't get you ***** no more

(Yeah, that was a double negative)
Yeah, well at least I don't have a small penis
(Hey, shut up!)

Dead bug!”

~ DOS GRINGOS “The Last Song on the CD”
(Spotify search it!!)

Great post.

Chugger, is that you??

Guilty.

And "affirmative". I don't say "yes" anymore.

I like to scream “Guard” at anyone who says 121.5. Sadly, it’s very rare

Who else yells “ Squawk, ident!” when trying to find your kids? Or tells them to “cease buzzer” when getting loud and out of control? 😂

the voice of a generation

Baannnzaiii!!!

Great mention! Those guys make some good beer drinking music.

From I’m a Pilot:

Well I don't even know
Where the oil filter lies
But I'll tell you "Fix it faster, god dammit"
'Cause I'm the one who flies!