Cant speak to other cats, but NYC320B backdoor working FOR REASONS REPORT, not working for wide report.

 

Yeah, but look At all the 7ER A's on reserve next month. 90 plus in ATL alone.

 

Worked for me also, reasons--nice find Saw! I've always tried the wide and quit if not avail. Hopefully what I saw sticks.

However, I did see something I'm going to have to guard against in my bids--with all these 30 hour layos, they have BUILT IN 7 DAY rest, and they can just back-to-back you! Before, it was block hours in 7 days (30 in 7), which pretty much forced them to give you 1 or 2 days off after a 3 or 4 day, so the next 3 or 4 day didn't exceed 30in7. That's gone now, they just have to show 30 hours of rest in 7 days (essentially), so they can just bang trips right against each other! They've got me away from home 9 days in a row, domestic commuter! All trips commutable home, but CAN'T actually go home due to next trip starting next day... all legal now because every trip has a 30 hour layo in it!

So how's that "anti fatigue FAR" working out for us? 9 days of flying, washing my underwear in the sink, 3 long legs a day when flying. I'm sure I'll be super on day 8 and 9. I keep looking thinking there must be a rule violated here, but it appears they can fly you as much as they want basically so long as you get an impossible to attune to 30 hour layo with a 0200 your-time wake for a 3 leg final day... Hopefully I'll be able to drop one of these trips!

 

Part 117 is to fatigue what Obamacare is to healthcare...

 

ATL 88B reason report backdoor up as well

 

Be aware Crew Resources did put a blurb in their letter this month about accessing schedules early via an backdoor method, they may be interim bids being tested. Let's see, paraphrasing from them:
Don't trust the backdoor, if somehow wrangle your way into the backdoor, be sure to carefully check your junk over well when you're out to be sure it's not a "dirty load", they coulda been just running some sh*t for testing in there that you really don't want. They're worried about you damaging the integrity of their system by forcing your way in thru the backdoor unexpectedly.

Or something like that.

 

Too Funny, I'm crying.

But you know you're going to try that backdoor, at least once!

"I did not try that, it slipped, I swear!!"

 

Well they added Zero ATL 777 Capts. in that last A/E, even though we've had 6 retire since Cal left back in March, so I doubt they are worried about covering the trips. If they have to assign them as greenslips the manning formula should call for more Capts.

That last AE showed 10 new 777 F/O's in ATL but I don't know how many left, so they might have all been backfills, not an increase in total positions, may have even been a decrease if more than 10 left.

 

Ditto for LAX73N B's. Reasons works, wide = no.

 

You'd figure it was just a matter of time until scheduling got sick of pilots sneaking into through their back door.