Originally Posted by CheapTrick (Post 1657923)

Call the CLCP for your category. The scheduler works with and for the CLCP. If you get no help (unlikely) then call Ed S. Missing a graduation for an OE is stupid. The planner can swap a couple of pilots around with minimal fuss.

After it's been fixed at a lower level, send an email detailing the scheduler's intransigence to Ed S. The scheduler needs a little more light to shine on his cubicle.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1657894)

I have had them shortened often.

Originally Posted by MrMustache (Post 1657901)

Anyone know if you change categories do you get to keep your vacation?

Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1657938)

"often?"
I call bull****.

Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 1657729)

Guys,

I have a flight with a LCA this month. Originally I was going to use PB Days to drop it with pay, but then I thought I might get lucky and be bumped for an IOE.

Its kind of moot now - reserve coverage went negative for those days and so I used my PB days to drop a different trip.

I am curious about there being any way to know ahead of time if an IOE is being planned or scheduled? I think I will get a call the night before the trip if I get bumped, but are there perhaps any telltale notes on the rotation that might be revealing?

Thanks Scoop

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1657965)

If I bid a 4 day domestic carry out trip the last day is dropped at least ⅓ of the time. No penalty to the company and no pay protection. Not sure why you would state that is BS. In fact there have been numerous posts by pilots on here about carry out trips getting shortened and losing layovers they wanted. I guess that's all BS also.

Originally Posted by Hixdog (Post 1657934)

Big Guns, PWA Section 23 A.1 lays out the carry over rotations

Originally Posted by caddis (Post 1657966)

Scoop,

I am on my third trip bought off in as many months. Here is how you can tell if it is being bought. On icrew go in and look at your schedule if you see an " L " next to the flight number it is going to be used for training. You usually will see it a couple weeks out but I have had some last minute stuff in the past where part of the trip was bought.

I will say thank you to DALPA for getting rid of the recovery obligation I have done GS flying over 2 of 3 trips and a WS over the other.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1657965)

If I bid a 4 day domestic carry out trip the last day is dropped at least ⅓ of the time. No penalty to the company and no pay protection. Not sure why you would state that is BS. In fact there have been numerous posts by pilots on here about carry out trips getting shortened and losing layovers they wanted. I guess that's all BS also.