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06-28-2025 | 04:09 AM

#5391

Boatbuilder

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Originally Posted by dmhpilot

But it isn’t. See latest MEC Alert…they’re calling from blocked numbers and personal cell phones to get around call recording and automation.

They’ve pulled that trick before. Once reason I never answer an unfamiliar call.

06-28-2025 | 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CBreezy

While we like and often there are reasons to malign decisions made in crew scheduling, I also often see them making genius decisions WRT breaking up trips.

In theory, yes, but in practice, no I don't see this at all. During Feb (slow month), I had a GS in for a 5 day trip in open time. Scheduling instead split it up into 3 pilots. One of those pilots operated the first leg with me DHing in the back, then he was done and DH back to base while I walked up to the cockpit to fly my portion. I'm all for 3 of us getting paid instead of 1, and I'm no scheduler but how is that genius?

We both ran the trip through the rules auditor and both of us had no violations for the original 5 day.

06-28-2025 | 05:04 PM

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They break them up fishing for WS instead of GS

06-28-2025 | 06:00 PM

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They break them up fishing for WS instead of GS

If it was 2 days out maybe. This was 2 hours out.

06-28-2025 | 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by waldo135

Well…still hearing rumors of guys calling CS and asking for RRs. Wrong, but apparently still happening.

From a different page, MSP 320 0234-1 27 June. It’s still happening.

06-28-2025 | 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by immolated

If it was 2 days out maybe. This was 2 hours out.

see above. Some guys ws a trip with less than that before showtime. Don’t remember this happening very often before we allowed 2-days-prior coverage.

06-29-2025 | 01:32 AM

#5397

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Originally Posted by immolated

If it was 2 days out maybe. This was 2 hours out.

I often WS these last minute broken trips. Only way for me to get any extra credit while doing an "easy" broken up trip. Specially since there's not a chance I would hold that trip if it went out as a GS.

06-29-2025 | 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by immolated

If it was 2 days out maybe. This was 2 hours out.

Chalk me up as another who will W within 2 hours. There are at least 6 or 7 others in my small category who will do the same.

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Originally Posted by tripled

see above. Some guys ws a trip with less than that before showtime. Don’t remember this happening very often before we allowed 2-days-prior coverage.

It happened plenty before 2nd day coverage, especially down in ATL. There are a fair amount of pilots who clear their schedule and live on this short notice trips. When bid packet trips are terrible, clearing your schedule amd credit surfing is a much better option.

06-30-2025 | 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by crewdawg

Chalk me up as another who will W within 2 hours. There are at least 6 or 7 others in my small category who will do the same.

It happened plenty before 2nd day coverage, especially down in ATL. There are a fair amount of pilots who clear their schedule and live on this short notice trips. When bid packet trips are terrible, clearing your schedule amd credit surfing is a much better option.

As an outsider looking in- is it easy to “clear your schedule” and basically drop to zero for the month? What are the stipulations or conditions in order to do that?

06-30-2025 | 08:00 PM

#5400

Avgeek7248

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Originally Posted by jdm7565

As an outsider looking in- is it easy to “clear your schedule” and basically drop to zero for the month? What are the stipulations or conditions in order to do that?

ample reserves to start xD.