Ok.. now I'm officially in tears laughing:

http://i.imgur.com/WjOiL.jpg

Vacation slide is awesome. That is all.

Ouch. PBS saw a way to create a 5 day block of workdays that covered the 25th. It completely missed the fact that the first four days are CQ. That may be useful in a CQ month outside of a holiday. Maybe we could even bracket CQ with two useless reserve days instead of just one at the end.

That's good stuff, I tell ya! I don't even want to know where you find this..stuff. Thnks for the mood lifter!

I've never used an APD, i want to for December, suggestions?

It will only work if they have adequate reserve coverage, which I believe is higher than normal over a holiday, but if they do have the coverage, you can drop a trip over Xmas. You will lose the time, just like any personal drop, but you cannot white slip a trip that touches any of the days you APD'd. You do not have to use all the APD days, just one will cause the entire trip to drop, then you can white slip on the other days.

Ex: If you have say, a 4 day that starts on the 24th, you can use just ONE day of APD, the 24th, which will drop the entire trip, then you can white slip something on the 25th (late sign in) or 26th to make up the time.

Clear as mud? :D

Gunfighter,
You seem to have a handle on the pbs thing. I have noticed a few pilots have (for december) 1 trip worth 30-ish hours and that's it, nothing else.

What's up with that? I know that isn't enough to qual as a RLL and it doesn't count as unblockable. There are no other events on their month.

PBS "lost" one of my bid parameters

1st line of my bid- off Dec 24, 25, else start next..

I got a line, got unstacked, and received a 4 day starting 24 Dec. ***?
Now here's the kicker, the reasons report doesn't show the else start next command. I went back to easy bid to make sure I did indeed bid that way and it was in there. I know I double checked my bid in PBS too after uploading it. Needless to say, I am P155eD! I'm calling the alpa pbs guy this morning, but honestly, I just think I'm screwed. :confused:

Anybody else ever seen something like this happen?

Incorrect. IF you are designated as RLL-eligible/unblockable, and you elect as your last resort an RLL line, your RLL line can now be worth as little as zero. This was a change negotiated recently (see PBS Notepad 12-05) and is reflected in our current contract.