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Old 03-02-2013 | 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid

They had about twenty trips to assign.

And people do get sick, happens when they work a lot in winter months.
There's only so far the company can go with the TLV. Maybe people shouldn't pick up trips from open time then sick out for them 48 hours later. That's happened to me twice in the last 6 weeks.
Old 03-02-2013 | 06:46 AM
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Why on gods earth do they allow weekend coverage to go so low? They have 50+ sittin reserve M-Th and come F-Su they have 9. The money that the company pi$$es away on GS. If anything they should have more coverage on weekends as that is when people tend to call in sick more often. I can hold weekends off on reserve so I shouldn't complain but I like weekdays off too now and then and would love to see more balanced staffing. WT-Eff?? Over
Old 03-02-2013 | 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Delta1067
Why on gods earth do they allow weekend coverage to go so low? They have 50+ sittin reserve M-Th and come F-Su they have 9. The money that the company pi$$es away on GS. If anything they should have more coverage on weekends as that is when people tend to call in sick more often. I can hold weekends off on reserve so I shouldn't complain but I like weekdays off too now and then and would love to see more balanced staffing. WT-Eff?? Over
^^^ This ^^^
Old 03-02-2013 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Delta1067
Why on gods earth do they allow weekend coverage to go so low? They have 50+ sittin reserve M-Th and come F-Su they have 9. The money that the company pi$$es away on GS. If anything they should have more coverage on weekends as that is when people tend to call in sick more often. I can hold weekends off on reserve so I shouldn't complain but I like weekdays off too now and then and would love to see more balanced staffing. WT-Eff?? Over
Not our problem to solve. GS awards going out is good. That's nothing to complain about.
Old 03-02-2013 | 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
They had about twenty trips to assign.

And people do get sick, happens when they work a lot in winter months.
I had twenty six trips go out that touched today not including any on the 28th or 27th. Plus sick calls.
Old 03-02-2013 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by firstmob
Just when I thought we were out of aircraft rumors you pull me back in again.
Why do people get excited about possible new "replacement" aircraft?
Old 03-02-2013 | 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by SailorJerry
There's only so far the company can go with the TLV. Maybe people shouldn't pick up trips from open time then sick out for them 48 hours later. That's happened to me twice in the last 6 weeks.
I wonder how often a FO drops a trip and another picks it up only to have that Captain look on the schedule and say hell no I ain't flying with that guy and trade the trip. The only Captain willing to fly with said FO is one that even that FO can't stand so he drops the trip and Sailor Jerry gets the trip.

See the trouble two people can make? . The reality is Captains should be able to put FOs on no fly lists til the only people that can be paired with pilots on either lists are people already on the lists.
Old 03-02-2013 | 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Delta1067
Why on gods earth do they allow weekend coverage to go so low? They have 50+ sittin reserve M-Th and come F-Su they have 9. The money that the company pi$$es away on GS. If anything they should have more coverage on weekends as that is when people tend to call in sick more often. I can hold weekends off on reserve so I shouldn't complain but I like weekdays off too now and then and would love to see more balanced staffing. WT-Eff?? Over


Really?? You want more guys to be on call over the weekend? The reason we have 50+ during the week is that we are overstaffed. Once the weekends have adequate coverage most guys bid the weekends off.

And if by "pi$$ing away money" you mean Pilot compensation, I say its a start. Remember the pilots had their defined benefit pensions canceled or frozen while management was getting bonuses to do it. Remember we took a 42% pay-cut and are still not back to 2001 wages.

If you are concerned about the company paying too much to the employees, which I admit is noble, start by taking a look at the plethora of VPs and/or Asst VPs. I bet not many of them are being compensated at or below 2001 levels.

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Old 03-02-2013 | 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by boog123
Why do people get excited about possible new "replacement" aircraft?
We are just excited to replace them. It's all relative.
Old 03-02-2013 | 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by boog123
Why do people get excited about possible new "replacement" aircraft?
Because they aren't all "replacement" aircraft. Hence, the scheduled growth over the next several years.
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