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is it just me, or do the trips REALLLLLY suck for Oct???
I'm thinking they must have plugged in the new "5:15 ADG" parameters into carmen for Oct to start that thing churning out trips that would actually block that much every day... WOW do the trips stink this month! I'm seeing 7+hour block 3 legs on 80% of the last days.

I'm surprised no one has been talking about the new trip construction to meet the Nov ADG deal, the trips are so much worse.

They're going to have to pay 5:15 on the first and last days, so they're going to need to fly you, or they're going to fly the dickens out of you on middle days; there is just no way around it. If there is only one middle day, or worse yet no middle day, we're going to have to work hard on the first and last days.

I think the solution is going to be a lot more four or five day trips.

Sincerely,

FO Obvious

GogglesPisano

09-10-2014 01:49 PM

Why is a 3-day JFK/SFO/JFK (in Oct) still only worth 13.5? Afternoon report and release.

LeineLodge

09-10-2014 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano (Post 1724296)

Why is a 3-day JFK/SFO/JFK (in Oct) still only worth 13.5? Afternoon report and release.

The new 5:15 ADG begins in the November bid period

qball

09-10-2014 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob (Post 1724177)

T,
Yes, it's true. I'm a Jan 01 south hire and the north guys around me are Aug 99 hires. It is what it is.

Just to be fair and balanced...very early '86 N hire...those S around me mid '89. That knife cut both ways. Like it or not, The list wasn't done by DOH. Info only..live been over it for a long time...happy where I am.

Sink r8

09-10-2014 02:23 PM

I'm glad this topic came up, because it probably didn't get sufficiently covered in 2010-2013.

Did anyone get screwed in the merger?

Scoop

09-10-2014 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by qball (Post 1724311)

Very true. I have a bunch of South Pilots in 1991/1992 that are matched with 1996 North hires. We need to look forward. Our merger was and still is the Gold Standard of Airline mergers- Perfect? Hell No, but we are probably all better off in the long run.

Scoop :)

GogglesPisano

09-10-2014 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by LeineLodge (Post 1724302)

The new 5:15 ADG begins in the November bid period

Ah, I see.

Free Bird

09-10-2014 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Sink r8 (Post 1724316)

I'm glad this topic came up, because it probably didn't get sufficiently covered in 2010-2013.

Did anyone get screwed in the merger?

Exactly! We all have our sob stories from the merger. ATL is wayyyy more senior than it used to be pre-merger, that's just the way it is.