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Meme In Command 05-27-2023 05:25 PM


Originally Posted by neodd (Post 3642576)
Try 665...

ATL 320 FO last I saw was 666

*Iron Maiden plays in the background*

myrkridia 05-27-2023 06:04 PM


Originally Posted by Meme In Command (Post 3642613)
ATL 320 FO last I saw was 666

*Iron Maiden plays in the background*

Did they tell you they are not a number, but a free man?

tripled 05-27-2023 07:47 PM


Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 3642270)
You folks do realize that if we had "adequate staffing", there would be a bare fraction of the premium time we have today, if any at all. The senior people in each category would hoover it all up, and everyone else would just be flying their lines. ALVs would be relatively low, the open board and swap board would be empty.

Most on this thread, with the exception of a few, would lose their minds if that were to happen.

shack.

Maybe we could consider trading future batch sizes for more RCC control over initial bid packages and /or network’s imaginary capabilities.

MrBojangles 05-27-2023 07:53 PM

what about this..we give them bigger batches and one of us wins a lottery to go over there and smash the optimizer to bits

tripled 05-27-2023 08:04 PM


Originally Posted by MrBojangles (Post 3642660)
what about this..we give them bigger batches and one of us wins a lottery to go over there and smash the optimizer to bits

or simply expand the optimizer for pilot input/use prior to schedule awarding.

Part of the blanket gs problem is the company’s blunt approach to initial and broken-up trip construction. Honor more of our inputs and we won’t be forced to ignore 10 gs to discover the ones we’d actually fly.

or perhaps: Allow us to ‘tailor a pairing’ before it’s even created and we could be very efficient for the co and also flying desirable trips. I recognize there would be limits to the ‘tailor a pairing’ concept since some legs are simply undesirable but still need to be flown. Maybe the RLL formula could be a starting point.


fwiw I like the lottery suggestion better than this one above.

All 5 Stages 05-28-2023 07:35 PM

Are Inverse Assignments sent out in batches or one pilot at a time? I suspect it's the former. Today I received the automated call, hung up, looked at the rotation, and when I had called back (probably 2-3 minutes max) a senior pilot had already received the IA.

I was under the impression it went 1 pilot at a time starting at the bottom.

A5S

myrkridia 05-28-2023 08:43 PM


Originally Posted by All 5 Stages (Post 3643101)
Are Inverse Assignments sent out in batches or one pilot at a time? I suspect it's the former. Today I received the automated call, hung up, looked at the rotation, and when I had called back (probably 2-3 minutes max) a senior pilot had already received the IA.

I was under the impression it went 1 pilot at a time starting at the bottom.

A5S

They are done technically one at a time, but it's a computer doing it automatically with fractions of a second apart. So in practice it feels like one big call and the first one to answer gets it.

fishforfun 05-29-2023 03:43 AM


Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 3642270)
You folks do realize that if we had "adequate staffing", there would be a bare fraction of the premium time we have today, if any at all. The senior people in each category would hoover it all up, and everyone else would just be flying their lines. ALVs would be relatively low, the open board and swap board would be empty.

Most on this thread, with the exception of a few, would lose their minds if that were to happen.

Sounds amazing.

hockeypilot44 05-29-2023 04:09 AM


Originally Posted by fishforfun (Post 3643144)
Sounds amazing.

Also, everyone would bid captain or widebody fo. No more captains at bottom of seniority list. Paychecks are a lot smaller too. Been there, done that.

tripled 05-29-2023 12:18 PM


Originally Posted by myrkridia (Post 3643112)
They are done technically one at a time, but it's a computer doing it automatically with fractions of a second apart. So in practice it feels like one big call and the first one to answer gets it.

sounds like a good case for an ace report. You might get laid for the trip without even working it! It can’t be within the spirit of the contract to call dozens or scores of pilots within seconds of each other and then simply award it to the first responder.


typo: ^paid….


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