Having only sat 2 SC and flew (1) 4 day trip since September, I hate to say this, but I agree with what you are saying! Now, I recently head that the schedulers are being taken out the equation of assigning SC's (in my category SC's where assigned only in the 5 day bucket unless you requested it). I would bid 4 days on 3 days off Monday thru Thursday and not get touched. I guess the company has a computerized system now that assigns SC's to spread the love around. I have not confirmed this since I avoid talking to scheduling unless it is absolutely necessary. By the way I'm junior in category.

Ugh, I think you may be correct. I was assigned a SC on a Tue while good for 3 days. I found it very odd. It was not the norm, and happened several days that week.

01-29-2013 | 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid

But you cannot put in a refusal to sit SC.

On the ATL88B, looks like everyone hit their 3 SCs for the month, a few hit 5 or 6 SCs but that may have been on request. I still don't get 0 raw, 0 hours, 0 SCs.

With the SC bucket system, how does anyone not have any SCs? We've got 5 guys with 0 raw, 0 hours and 2 SCs between all 5.

The new SC buckets are pretty worthless. The notion is good but it's not being spread out.

I thought we received 5 RAW points for a SC?

01-29-2013 | 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Denny Crane

Easiest way is to pay $50 to Flightline and have them send you an expense report. It uses the max you can deduct for each meal without having receipts. It's also a flight log etc. I've gotten it since they started and, for $50 its soooooo worth it. They also say if you don't save at least $50 they will give you your money back.

Manually via DBMS, I have no idea. Sorry

Denny

I second this. You get a nice electronic flight log printed out, in addition to having all your per diem figured out.

01-29-2013 | 10:23 AM

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I thought we received 5 RAW points for a SC?

Sorry, two guys have 0 hours and a raw of 5 and 6. I don't know why 6.

01-29-2013 | 10:25 AM

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Is there a GS option where you can say "if the Super Bowl (TM) sucks, I'm open to a GS."

Actually, with the weather in ATL going from 40Fs to 70F back to the 40s, how are people not going to be sick by Sunday?

01-29-2013 | 10:26 AM

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I second this. You get a nice electronic flight log printed out, in addition to having all your per diem figured out.

I didn't know they give you your money back if you don't save anything. It ended up not adding anything for me last year and I waited around so long for it that I just decided not to do it this year.

However, when I was on the ER.... having that print out for tax season would've been worth $500.