Schedule Poachers!!

Reply Subscribe

Page 26 of 33

« First

Last »

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

01-31-2023 | 08:25 AM

#251

CBreezy

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Jul 2013

Posts: 12,547

Likes: 1,155

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBojangles

that always seemed unsafe to me. You're gonna get up at 4am then fly til 1am the same day? no thanks..I turned down a 3 day gs one time because of that. Thought it would sound bad at the NTSB meeting if something happened, but maybe these people manage to sleep during the day while i can't

No offense, but if you can get a nap in the afternoon, it isn't difficult to operate or DH at 4am and the operate an hour flight in the late evening. There is a difference between flying a 12 hour day at 4am and then the following day operating a 12 hour day ending at 2 am.

01-31-2023 | 08:33 AM

#252

Jodaaddy

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Mar 2015

Posts: 107

Likes: 0

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trip7

Have you looked at said pilot's schedule? There are a ton of reasons why it's better to white slip vs Greenslip. Said pilot could be starting a 5 day trip tomorrow in their base. An easy OOBWS conflicts with a a trip in the next bid period and drops said trip unpaid. An excellent technique that is used often by Credit Surfers to clear their schedule. I urge you to stop judging at face value and realize that's there's more to the game just blanketly going for GSs

How exactly do you get awarded a WS if it creates a FAR conflict? Only way I can see is if you do this after PBS bids close but before bid results are in DBMS.

01-31-2023 | 08:33 AM

#253

FL370

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Jan 2008

Posts: 396

Likes: 0

From: A somewhere

Quote:

Originally Posted by CBreezy

The whole point of this TA is trying to make the schedules less exhausting and if they insist on them being this way, making them pay more. Both of your complaints are accounted for.

Which is why I voted yes this AM. Not that anyone cares 😉

01-31-2023 | 08:43 AM

#254

MrBojangles

Line Holder

Joined: May 2012

Posts: 644

Likes: 53

Quote:

Originally Posted by CBreezy

no offense taken, but like I said I can't really do that and I don't think it's a good look if something happens and you voluntarily put yourself in that situation. good for these pilots if they can sleep anytime of the day, but I can't personally

01-31-2023 | 08:47 AM

#255

CBreezy

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Jul 2013

Posts: 12,547

Likes: 1,155

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBojangles

That's fine. Then don't do that but that's not the argument you're making. You're effectively saying that no one should be allowed to do that because it has bad optics. I'm saying that there are no bad optics. It's almost a complete non-issue to actually work 3-4 hours a day, half in the morning and half in the late evening.

01-31-2023 | 08:54 AM

#256

Hrkdrivr

Line Holder

Joined: Oct 2007

Posts: 1,503

Likes: 2

From: Fairly local

Quote:

Originally Posted by HelloNeighbor

This is exhausting. How about a contract where we get paid well to simply fly our schedule…

I’m in!

But then, because we’re pilots, we’ll probably argue over what is well enough! 🤣

01-31-2023 | 10:15 AM

#257

Rooster435

Line Holder

Joined: Aug 2012

Posts: 654

Likes: 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jodaaddy

How exactly do you get awarded a WS if it creates a FAR conflict? Only way I can see is if you do this after PBS bids close but before bid results are in DBMS.

You can pickup a trip in the current month that conflicts with a trip in the next month (FAR or actual conflict) and it will drop the trip in the next month (with no pay). Good way to free up your schedule, especially if there is a holiday early month that you can’t normally get off.