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03-21-2023 | 03:53 PM
#41
Gets Weekends Off
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03-21-2023 | 07:16 PM
#42
Gets Weekends Off
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From: 737 FO
Truth. I bid RES this month for the first time since finishing OE. 75% in category and was 'coveraged' into 10 of my 12 RES days (CQ this month). The 10 days were Th, F, S, Su first two weeks and F, S on the 3rd weekend. I pattern-bid 4-on with at least 1 off and ended up with 3 blocks of 4 plus 2 random days around CQ. No blue days to shuffle days off.
Nothing but 6-day trips in open time after PBS. Every one, so far, broken up into 2x 4-day trips with either a front- or back-end DH and I have been utilized each of my 4-day blocks. First time I've come close to Res Guarantee in years. (I'm 1:05 below RG).
Nothing but 6-day trips in open time after PBS. Every one, so far, broken up into 2x 4-day trips with either a front- or back-end DH and I have been utilized each of my 4-day blocks. First time I've come close to Res Guarantee in years. (I'm 1:05 below RG).
03-24-2023 | 12:58 PM
#43
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This right here shows you really need to learn how moving days works. I move days every reserve month I have reserve. You don't need blue days, just days with worse coverage and you can do groups of days. It uses a cumulative method and worse day better logic. The closer you are to a day you'd be willing to work instead of one you have off the better odds you will have worse coverage on days you want to be work days.
This month was just a comedy of errors lining up with days I needed off combined with the incredible RES coverage done by PBS. I've never been 'coverage'd into that many RES days in any category before.
03-24-2023 | 09:19 PM
#44
Gets Weekends Off
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From: Bus driver
I do understand this and have used the 'worse day/better day' logic to my advantage. I was just showing an example to the OP about how one category can be very different than another, even within the same aircraft.
This month was just a comedy of errors lining up with days I needed off combined with the incredible RES coverage done by PBS. I've never been 'coverage'd into that many RES days in any category before.
This month was just a comedy of errors lining up with days I needed off combined with the incredible RES coverage done by PBS. I've never been 'coverage'd into that many RES days in any category before.
03-29-2023 | 07:15 AM
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Short answer is yes, I've been pretty successful bidding my 2x 6-day trips Sunday evening through Friday afternoon (or M-Sa) on weeks I don't have obligations. It usually puts me in the lower end of the credit-window, but that is fine with me. I'm comfortable flying my trips and going home; not much schedule-manipulation or chasing GS.
The only issues I've had are months where I have pre-posted or carry-in credit. Then the math just gets messy. At 75% there's not a lot of flexibility on in-period credit so I have to choose to either 1) do a month of reserve to reset my 'no carry-out trip' strategy, 2) get specific credit trips and make the math work, or 3) just suck it up and deal with the month-to-month carry over math.
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