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I've provided several such "adrenaline rushes" early on. And I won't do it again.

I've been averaging about a greenie per month this year. I regularly turn them down with legit reasons (it always hurts). I've turned down 2 this month. I've never had an argument or an issue.

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Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1711695)

I do the same and have never had a issue.

well ... of course.

I've actually had one state, and I quote, "I own your ass."

I reminded her President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation and since about 1864 wasn't nobody owning anybody that I was aware of.

Most over there are terrific; just doing a critical job very well to keep Delta Air Lines moving. But a few (maybe one ... since moved to Crew Tracking BTW) is comically inept. There's only one I've heard stories about, but invariably it is the same one. And while we are on the topic ... we could outsource that gig to India.

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Originally Posted by gloopy (Post 1711783)

How can you be expected to know about a trip that you didn't know existed until you knew about it? :rolleyes:

Yes you can put *some* qualifiers, but its completely unreasonable to expect any human being to constantly load iCrew with every single parameter in rolling real time as fast as life comes at them.

The whole "tag you're it!" is asinine anyway. Its a pre internet relic that has outserved its usefulness. CS wastes way more time now because of it. Every GS and IA assigned by phone should 100% be a proffer. That way people would actually answer their phone. A quick "no thanks" is way better for CS than the current song and dance, where the pilot has numerous get out of trip free cards they can play anyway. The complete ineffectiveness of this ancient mentality is occasionally masked by the adrenaline rush of actually finding a sucker that answers their phone (knowing full well who is calling lol) and convinving them to do it against their will without playing one of many get out of trip free cards. The emotional rush of that occasional big score masks the complete and udder ineffectiveness of a completely obsolete and counter productive system.

Read my posts on this issue. That is exactly what I've been saying. Due to the very inadequate system we have you can't really put in qualifiers that will eliminate all the trips you don't want. That is why you don't answer the phone and screen them that way. I would answer the phone 100% of the time if it was always a proffer.

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Originally Posted by RockyBoy (Post 1711819)

Glad you would answer. but some might not suspecting an assignment.

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Originally Posted by WidgetDriver (Post 1710284)

Had a LCA tell me that the company isn't happy with the 717 numbers. He said they aren't getting the fuel numbers they were hoping for, and they expected it to go more junior. He said to expect an announcement this fall that they are going to stop taking delivery of the rest of the 717s.

I think he has his statements confused or you do. We do not want to accelerate our delivery rate above 3 aircraft per month. We want all 88 of them, but LUV wants to give us all of them by the end of this year. We cannot train pilots for more than three jets per month. IE three per month and no more. LUV can live with the agreement they signed, and eat the cost of parking the 717's faster than planned.

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Originally Posted by CheapTrick (Post 1711827)

Glad you would answer. but some might not suspecting an assignment.

Even if assignments become proffers, they will still be filled.

Guys race to the phone to respond to robocalls. The wh0res love premium pay without adding to their GS count. Even on Christmas and the Super Bowl.

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Originally Posted by CheapTrick (Post 1711827)

Glad you would answer. but some might not suspecting an assignment.

Yeah I guess I would still not answer. :)

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Originally Posted by slowplay (Post 1710046)

You can deduct anything you want on your 2014+2015 tax filings.

The audit you may receive will determine whether or not those deductions were allowable.;)

There's a long history between transportation workers and the IRS. Some of that history involving NWA and DAL pilots has been recounted here. You might want to find an accountant that has some experience in those areas. Good luck.

Very true. In fact there are people in the IRS whose sole job is to verify that airline pilots actually live where they claim to live. Most if it is behind the scenes and is done via FOIA and public documents like water, cell, phone, and cable bill.

Trust me I know one of these special people and if you claim a state that you do not fly out of they check. 99% are easy, the ones that are grey get audited.

You cannot claim commuting expenses. You can run a crash pad and run it as a small business, but that is a totally different animal than claiming commuting expenses as a business deduction.

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Originally Posted by RockyBoy (Post 1711819)

There is a move to have more qualifiers like landings in, not just layovers, theatre specific, etc.

If you have an idea, send it to your reps, there is a SOT going on right now about this stuff. Easy things like Pref Qualifiers are generally easy to get a movement on.