Openers today?
05-04-2026 | 01:22 PM
#921
Line Holder
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,308
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There are times CS awards ZERO low credit lines. Yes, there are ways to force the issue, but setting that condition doesn’t work very often.
05-04-2026 | 01:59 PM
#922
Bent over by buybacks
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 1,612
Likes: 638
05-04-2026 | 02:26 PM
#923
Line Holder
Joined: Feb 2020
Posts: 1,177
Likes: 305
Now SET CONDITION mid credit window has been working great for me. Usually I can get rid of one trip which will drop me to the bottom of the window.
05-04-2026 | 02:55 PM
#924
Line Holder
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,096
Likes: 140
From: Big ones
05-04-2026 | 03:13 PM
#926
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 2,006
Likes: 184
not picking on you, but….
why is there so much angst against sr pilots that are able to play the game well and make bucks?? Some day you too will be sr, and curse the day you screwed yourself.
and those that clear their line, will continue to do so for reasons that are their own.
And no I’m not that sr, about 45% BES. Clear my schedule? Most of it if able, depending on time of year. Bonito run right now, mahi won’t be far behind. October… deer ducks fish…work? No time for that.
why is there so much angst against sr pilots that are able to play the game well and make bucks?? Some day you too will be sr, and curse the day you screwed yourself.
and those that clear their line, will continue to do so for reasons that are their own.
And no I’m not that sr, about 45% BES. Clear my schedule? Most of it if able, depending on time of year. Bonito run right now, mahi won’t be far behind. October… deer ducks fish…work? No time for that.
05-04-2026 | 03:24 PM
#928
Moderator
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 8,307
Likes: 1,317
I know of at least one senior pilot who (apparently) dropped his whole schedule, and picked over 10 days of SS in one PCS run.
Dropping your Schedule: fully support
Getting First pick of SS: fully support
Getting all the picks: Foul, straight to jail!
Sorry, you will never convince me that “seniority” is meant to get all the picks. Vacation doesn’t work like that. No other premium works like that.
There are many possible solutions. I don’t mind SS existing (some do). I like having a SS counter, just like every other premium. (GS, OOBGS, QS, IA), but folks are free to disagree. But let me ask you this, why should SS be different?
At a BARE minimum, SS should be limited to one per PCS run. Thats at least a LITTLE fair.
Though, I had to wonder if the impending section 23 changes will relegate SS to the rarity that GS used to have 10+ years ago.
05-04-2026 | 03:29 PM
#929
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Nov 2020
Posts: 2,941
Likes: 213
From: Enoch Powell Enthusiast
Unpopular opinion:
"Contract Sharpshooting" should be:
1. Easy to understand
2. Require no unsolicited "trip washing" to random people you don't know
3. Go senior (union shop)
4. Rare
This is a business, not a casino.
"Contract Sharpshooting" should be:
1. Easy to understand
2. Require no unsolicited "trip washing" to random people you don't know
3. Go senior (union shop)
4. Rare
This is a business, not a casino.
05-04-2026 | 04:01 PM
#930
Line Holder
Joined: Feb 2022
Posts: 253
Likes: 36
Just make the trigger a hard 65hrs. And for SS/QS pay, same as GS…need to meet the 65hr trigger.
Line guarantee is 65hrs…that’s what you have to get in credit for your SS/GS/QS to pay 200%. There…no more sr pilots dropping trips to pick Qs/SS at 200% all the time and no more moving of trigger.
Line guarantee is 65hrs…that’s what you have to get in credit for your SS/GS/QS to pay 200%. There…no more sr pilots dropping trips to pick Qs/SS at 200% all the time and no more moving of trigger.
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