There are a few ways to meet the original posters needs. What you say will work but if his x day requests will be determined by and vary depending on the amount of slide he gets, his bid will not allow the same specificity as using else start next.

Remember he may want use X-days at other points in the month. The above method may take 6 X-days in addition to vacation to ensure the desired off period, while else start next will always require the least possible X-days for a given time off because you can address every possible permutation of vacation slide plus surrounding X-days.

Scoop :)

I think the hamster is slowing down, hopefully it will not go down hard...seeing more of these all the time.

Much like the bumblebee paradox, the 321 isn't supposed to be able to do a transcon. But since its an Airbus, at cruise the upwind engine shuts down automatically (because the plane thinks its landing) and that's the only way it can correct enough yaw to get certified for its 10 kt max X-wind (gust factor inclusive) landing limitation, and it ends up saving a lot of fuel that way. As long as the tail stays on.

If their was such a thing I'm sure they'd be all over it. And AirFrance would fly it too. Actually they'd want some degree of frequency, so probably 3 flights a day, with us doing one and AirFrance doing two, plus another one for cargo that didn't count for some reason.

In all seriousness, this is kind of where we're headed. As the Great ER Purge concludes (and the Great ER Expansion of 2007-2009 has long been unwound) the trend is solidly in the corner of big planes to EU hubs and dumping people off to our "partners" from there. And even then they get the majority of it. :mad:

Looking at what's on order and in the RFP, its all bigger than the ER. Coupled with the business model trend going forward, and its very clear that we will be flying biger planes with fewer pilots per passenger ratio to EU hubs and the days of "all points foreign" in 200 seaters is long gone.

Where does malaria come into play?

Not drop tank, drop tail.

When you hit a reporting point it will say TCI fast/slow/nope to DPTNK yes/no/exploded and what state you dropped it off. I plan to drop the tanks west of BHM.

You mean the blue tank over KTCL?? :D

Hey, I'm curious if any category has "Open Reserve Days" available for reserves to bid for more pay in a reserve month. I've seen a fair amount of green slips go out and yet I've seen no more reserve days available. Obviously that's fine with with me, I'm just curious if/why the company is not availing itself to this option.

So, does your category show any "Open Reserve Days" available for reserves to bid for the rest of April?

Seattle A330A----------None

Denny

Questioned answered

There are a couple of reasons the 737-900 can do trans con flying that the A321 can not.

First, the wing only supports half the weight of the aircraft, the tail skid supports the other half until almost cruise speed.

Second, the FC Passengers are fed bran flakes and high fiber meals. This results in a transfer of weight in cruise to an aft mounted tank after TOC, reducing tailplane angle of incidence and thus induced drag.