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05-15-2026 | 02:39 PM

#1041

Whoopsmybad

Can’t find crew pickup

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Originally Posted by Gone Flying

yep. 5-6 unaugmented redeyes a month with a circadian rhythm swap for the flight back.

that would get old quick.

no no no, it’s awesome. Don’t you know EVERYONE needs to bid real WB CA genius. NBA is satan, bid WBA now!

05-15-2026 | 06:10 PM

#1042

LloydC

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Originally Posted by 20Fathoms

Got a hit on this last AE. Training says July and I have 2 weeks vacay then. I clicked the “retain vacation” box, but is that ironclad? I was just about to buy tickets and hotels but now I’m slightly uneasy until I see a sim date…..

If icrew will still let you, put a block of Training Golden Days on either side of your vacation. Training then has to happen and be completed either before the first block, between the two blocks, or after the second block of golden days. Worked for me, ended up training in March after my Feb vacation after the second block of golden days. .

05-15-2026 | 06:59 PM

#1043

RunFast

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Originally Posted by LloydC

You must be WBA!

05-15-2026 | 11:18 PM

#1044

20Fathoms

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Originally Posted by LloydC

Appreciate it thanks! It let me put the golden day bid in, we’ll see what happens.

05-16-2026 | 02:26 AM

#1045

FL370esq

Gets Weekends Off

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Originally Posted by Planetrain

I remember 777A used to be an unobtainable suborbital bid. Now 11 year WBA. This is my shocked face.

Yup...but, again, context. If you were referencing pre-merger, there was only one category that paid the highest rate which, on the Delta side, was for 18 total aircraft. Post-merger you had two ("the Whale" and the B777) with 36 total planes. Now we have three aircraft categories that pay the highest rate and 140 or so aircraft. Definitely trending in the right direction.

05-16-2026 | 02:27 AM

#1046

FangsF15

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Originally Posted by LloydC

I believe training golden days must be put in with the original AE bid.

OE requests can be put in until 2359 on the 19th of the month prior (aka ‘by the 20th’)

05-16-2026 | 03:11 AM

#1047

BlueSkies

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Originally Posted by Uninteresting

hired at 27 as the wave was about to kick off. ~~very nice!~~ very, very arduous career so far, could not hold weekends off for the first 18 years and can no longer get 2x easy GSs/month he's entitled to

FIFY

.....

05-16-2026 | 03:11 AM

#1048

Scoop

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From: DAL 330

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Originally Posted by Planetrain

WBA went from a 2001 to a 2015 hire in like a 6 month time span. Talk about a jump! I remember 777A used to be an unobtainable suborbital bid. Now 11 year WBA. This is my shocked face.

As posted above minimal hiring from 2001 to 2014 but there is another important point overlooked. Prior to the merger DAL during one stretch had about seven 777 aircraft. That was it - 7 aircraft at the top pay rate. You had to be an area code to hold A. Then with the merger and some more 777 purchases we had about 16 each of 777 and 747 - still the only AC at the top pay rate.

The 2019 pay banding bringing the 330 and 765 up to top rates is what really allowed the seniority to drop on the WB A. Waaaay more air-frames paying this rate.

Scoop

05-16-2026 | 04:16 AM

#1049

Verdell

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Originally Posted by FangsF15

I believe training golden days must be put in with the original AE bid.

OE requests can be put in until 2359 on the 19th of the month prior (aka ‘by the 20th’)

Additionally, requests for desired days free of duty prior to or during training must be made prior to the 5th day of the month TWO months prior to the bid period of the training. As in, before May 5th for training that happens in July. PWA 11.F.2.b.

In many cases this means that this request has to be made BEFORE the actual AE is even posted.

05-16-2026 | 05:10 AM

#1050

LloydC

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FangsF15

I believe training golden days must be put in with the original AE bid.

OE requests can be put in until 2359 on the 19th of the month prior (aka ‘by the 20th’)

You are correct. See Note 8 in the AE. I entered my Training Golden Days at the same time I put my AE bid in.

Can't hurt to try, though, Delta IT being the stovepiped archaic system that it is...