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08-12-2013 | 01:24 PM
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And now I see the post just prior to mine. So even 7 days of flying & 1 day of SC weren't enough to get to bucket 2; required a MIL day on top of it.
08-12-2013 | 01:50 PM
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08-12-2013 | 02:43 PM
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And if you are on the 777 in ATL, you may end up commuting to DTW or LAX, or both!
And...to save you some time looking for Sept. bid awards, I just checked via the back door, nothing yet (Sept. 2012 bids are still there though, if you'd like to see your old seniority number or what you used to hold!!).
08-12-2013 | 02:50 PM
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I thought PERKS was a way to get discounts? I just checked a car rental for 2 days in FL, $88.51 with the discount and $83.48 without our awesome benefit!!
08-12-2013 | 02:52 PM
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08-12-2013 | 02:57 PM
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Lets look at his schedule... he's flown 7 of the last 12 days with also one day of .MIL leave in there (and 1 more mil leave day to come) to get to bucket 2. I don't know if the future MIL leave affects the raw. But I'm pretty sure that day of MIL leave he's had adds to the raw score.
So, I think the point is that it takes 8 days of "work" to get into bucket 2 while people two other people in bucket 1 have 15:00 of flying and 0:00.
So, I think the point is that it takes 8 days of "work" to get into bucket 2 while people two other people in bucket 1 have 15:00 of flying and 0:00.
iaflyer,
You are making my point. He worked 7 days and now he is at the back of the list. Now the guy with 15:00 will go out ahead of him the rest of the month or until he also gets onto bucket 2. If the senior guys never reach bucket 2 our guy is at the back of the list for the rest of the month after only working 7 days.
Now I will agree that the separate S/C bucket issue is not optimal and needs to be improved but I personally don't see 7 days and less than 33 block hours as being unfair to get to bucket 2 especially if it get you to the back of the list for the rest of the month.
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08-12-2013 | 02:57 PM
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08-12-2013 | 02:59 PM
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im on 8 days of credit plus a sc and still bucket 1. each day has dropped in raw score value from around 11 pts to 10 for me.
heres the thing, so much of what we schedule wise varies depending on a formula. bucket sizes should also vary, high when everyone is flying is fine because you wont even get a chance to care, low in the slow months.
but some people out there really really want alv-2 pay and be assured that they wont fly once or sit one SC. its one thing to do that in the international catrgories in the winter because thats the nature of the beast - its another to fake it on the domestic side.
they want people to work in there place for the same pay... I dont support that.
heres the thing, so much of what we schedule wise varies depending on a formula. bucket sizes should also vary, high when everyone is flying is fine because you wont even get a chance to care, low in the slow months.
but some people out there really really want alv-2 pay and be assured that they wont fly once or sit one SC. its one thing to do that in the international catrgories in the winter because thats the nature of the beast - its another to fake it on the domestic side.
they want people to work in there place for the same pay... I dont support that.
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08-12-2013 | 03:40 PM
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So, working six to seven days is not enough for the junior guy? At what point is it ok for the senior guy to get off the couch and come to work? I just listened to a senior guy talk to an ALPA rep in the JFK crew lounge recently. He was talking about how unfair it is that there are buckets to begin with. He was telling the ALPA rep (and the ALPA rep was agreeing) that reserve should be 100% seniority based. Junior guy always flies. Nice. I know it's coming. Didn't somebody just submit a proposal to remove the bucket system?
08-12-2013 | 03:47 PM
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Fixed it for you.
And if you are on the 777 in ATL, you may end up commuting to DTW or LAX, or both!
And...to save you some time looking for Sept. bid awards, I just checked via the back door, nothing yet (Sept. 2012 bids are still there though, if you'd like to see your old seniority number or what you used to hold!!).
And if you are on the 777 in ATL, you may end up commuting to DTW or LAX, or both!
And...to save you some time looking for Sept. bid awards, I just checked via the back door, nothing yet (Sept. 2012 bids are still there though, if you'd like to see your old seniority number or what you used to hold!!).
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