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ahhh... the joys of bidding... it gives you such high hopes...

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like Homer in Chocolate land or UGA fans in August or the average married man every night, you just have unfettered big dreams of great things to come, but keep in mind...

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forgot to bid

09-05-2012 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by flyallnite (Post 1256337)

The Crew Resources Oct. Newsletter is on the DL interwebs. You can has AE in Oct. or Nov.

Thanks. Great stuff.

Just think of this, retirements really start to kick in when the President hits mid terms. And when I say President, I don't mean the President elected this year, I'm talking the one elected in 2016. VIVA 2018!!!!!

tongue in cheek folks. I fully expect a lot more pilots to leave before they hit 65... and then for us to find a way to maximize the minimization of back fills.

And wow, the YOY changes to block hours... sure is a lot of negatives on the domestic side.

CAAC ATP

09-05-2012 10:50 AM

My Delta Google News subscription has been emailing me a bunch of news articles speculating on future narrow body fleet orders. I have also heard that RA was in Toulouse last month. Anyone hear anything regarding a potential aircraft order?

tsquare

09-05-2012 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 1256225)

"Well aint that a geographical oddity - I also live exactly 2.8 miles from a bunch of chat deprived hotties!" ;)

Scoop - Name the movie I am paraphrasing from.

Easy.. Oh Brother Where Art Thou.

Blewie.. nothing but a grease spot on the L&N.

JABDIP

09-05-2012 10:54 AM

AGE 65 RETIREMENTS:
These projections are for pilots remaining after RMA. Sep-Dec 2012
5
2013
60
2014
124
2015
180
2016
232
2017
306
2018
429
2019
530
2020
624
2021
809

forgot to bid

09-05-2012 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by CAAC ATP (Post 1256345)

http://www.deltava.org/gallery/dva/0x4c00.jpg

They forgot to get me to sign the NDA.

caddis

09-05-2012 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1256185)

My best guess is you subtract those 3 days from the bid period. So for Oct it would be 31-3=28 days of availability. Then use the pro rated table in th bid packet to see how many X days you get. Don't forget to add an extra day if your category is a 20% reserves qualifier. That info is in each bid packet too.

If still in doubt, call the PBS Bid assist help line. They have always been helpful in my experience.

I just did it last month. The 3 days of the sim count as 3 of your on call days.

tsquare

09-05-2012 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1256352)

http://www.deltava.org/gallery/dva/0x4c00.jpg

They forgot to get me to sign the NDA.

That's just gross.

scambo1

09-05-2012 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1256360)

That's just gross.