Simultaneous QS and IA’s
03-18-2026 | 05:41 AM
#31
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You should put the start date as the second date in the bid period after the third date of the bid period so it doesn't ask you if you want to start the bid period early every time you update your slip. Saves fractions of seconds.
03-18-2026 | 08:20 AM
#32
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Today I acknowledged a QS that reported in 12 hours, and it showed I was #1 at the top in ARCOS. An hour later it's not on my schedule but moving through OOB coverage.
It seems their strategy now is to first make sure a trip is covered via QS, then concurrently run normal coverage to see if they can get to a reserve in time. Several posts on facebook today about the same thing happening.
It seems their strategy now is to first make sure a trip is covered via QS, then concurrently run normal coverage to see if they can get to a reserve in time. Several posts on facebook today about the same thing happening.
03-18-2026 | 08:20 AM
#33
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I didn’t brag. I stated a fact. Every single one of the AE’s this year are awarding widebody captain spots junior to me.
I would go back to 12 hour long call without thinking twice in exchange for only 3 short call per month. I worked here when scheduling actually functioned. It was better and easier to credit more.
I would go back to 12 hour long call without thinking twice in exchange for only 3 short call per month. I worked here when scheduling actually functioned. It was better and easier to credit more.
03-18-2026 | 08:22 AM
#34
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It wasn’t always like this.
03-18-2026 | 08:30 AM
#35
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It’s not the 18 hour long call. It’s the reverting to manual coverage two days prior. This requires more shcedulers since more trips are covered manually. The company has decided scheduling is not important. I will say this has become the most hostile airline I have ever worked for, regionals included.
It wasn’t always like this.
It wasn’t always like this.
03-18-2026 | 08:54 AM
#36
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Today I acknowledged a QS that reported in 12 hours, and it showed I was #1 at the top in ARCOS. An hour later it's not on my schedule but moving through OOB coverage.
It seems their strategy now is to first make sure a trip is covered via QS, then concurrently run normal coverage to see if they can get to a reserve in time. Several posts on facebook today about the same thing happening.
It seems their strategy now is to first make sure a trip is covered via QS, then concurrently run normal coverage to see if they can get to a reserve in time. Several posts on facebook today about the same thing happening.
03-18-2026 | 08:57 AM
#37
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From: Pilot
They can’t use 23m7 to skip forward to any step of coverage unless it’s within 8 hours to report. But QS is in both the N and O coverage ladders, so theoretically the process could run long enough with no takers to reach QS naturally without using 23m7.
03-18-2026 | 09:27 AM
#39
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I should have said skip to.
03-18-2026 | 09:36 AM
#40
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It's possible. They could start coverage after the at 8 AM run for a trip that reports in the evening 2 days out. Plenty of trips make it to GS, sometimes they make it to OOBGS, and every once in awhile they might squeak past that into QS.
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