I was part of this crowd. Last year I was Sr on reserve, or a Jr line holder...it was nice to only get called out occasionally in the slow months. I hadn't bid reserve since the new bucket system has been in place. While I appreciate being able to get X days over my Kid's spring break, getting used every day on my 12 straight days of availability blows. I thought I'd get at least one night at home. The RAW buckets mean nothing when they can short call everyone on the list. Assignment of short call should be aligned with your RAW bucket IMO, and count me as one who wants to see better reserve rules on our next contract.

 

You, Sir, are a much more dedicated FO than me! The "two days later" you speak of sounds like a 48 hour layover, so you must be on widebodies... the Captain's Authority must extend to much more on the WB than domestic, as I would never even consider this...

 

Higher highs and higher lows. They may "eat" compared to some well timed flippers and graph stalking day trader/Snyder junkies or whatever, but it is financially irresponsibile not to remain long hedged in metals to at least some (5-10% degree). You can go in and out a little within that range between gyrations, but there is never, ever, a time for total divesture IMO. Volitility can be mitigated by dollar cost averaging in the mean time. Bonds aren't much of a hedge in a currency crisis brought on by debt and unsustainable interest payments that require currency devaluation in the first place.

There is a reason why 100% of all very rich people and nations hedge in gold, 100% of the time, without exception. There is nothing savvy about the middle/upper middle class investor trying to completely avoid the undisputed wealth preservation hedge of all time trying to surf the peaks and valleys.

 

Really? We've added 777's and cancelled 787's. Adding 747's would help everyone, even if it was only "North" pilots allowed to bit it. Besides could we even get them all on property and bid for by the time the freeze is up in the first place? And what could they hope to "get"? I'm not buying that for one minute.

 

According to the latest FOM revision ATTILA will be discontinued...

 

Now Now...I didn't say I was the one backdooring them!
Junior narrow bodies for me!

The Bids Man..The Bids!

 

Finally they stopped ****ing money away on that program that everyone ignored anyway. I talked to some dispatchers. I never met one that believed in Attila. What a waste.

 

Some ATL B's able to Backdoor (ER) Hope they get through the rest today.

(Sorry no attached backdoor Pic.)

Baja.

 

2nd to last guy on ATLDC9A is holding a line for April. That is a 6/4/98 hire with a Captain line. The RSV is being spread around in "Some" categories. Of course the guys on RSV on the "9" never seem to work either.

 

You always take TWO LDS friends fishing. If you take only one, he drinks all your beer!