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Originally Posted by SierraWhiskey (Post 1767261)

Not so fast! It didn't work for me and one other I know of in a different base. APD's are at the discretion of the company even if there is 100% coverage for the entire trip!

My APD was denied too. I have a 4 day trip signing in Xmas afternoon. I never said it wasn't possible. I just don't think it's the norm and one should not bank on getting their holiday trip dropped via the APD method. Congrats on those who succeeded with it.

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Originally Posted by DLpilot (Post 1767274)

Yes you do. I have done it twice. Read Section 11.B.1.d.3

I would read that section again. It deals with pilots who have their training cancelled. On the situation you are talking about its seniority order. I suspect you just got lucky and got the trips you want.

"CAPPED RESERVE DAYS." I want to swap a 1-day for a 2-day that reports on the same day. I'm reducing the amount of open time. It just doesn't make sense.

Somebody insert confused angry gif ...

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Originally Posted by Hrkdrivr (Post 1767136)

I'm trying to drop some specific trips and pick up from open time using dates/trip-length wildcards. I'm finding when I ask for specific rotations in open time, they tend to disappear before the run gets to me so I'm going to try the wildcards.

If I enter preferences under "PCS>Standing Request Qualifiers," such as "no report before," do those preferences apply to my blind swap pickup requests, or are they only for WS, GS, etc?

I don't think there is a method to just have a blind PS request in with qualifiers. In the swap with the pot template it only asks for what rotation you want to drop and what rotation you want to add. I wish there was a way we could have in a blind open request with qualifiers for a swap. Maybe I'm overlooking something but I don't think it's possible under the current system. [edited] I just revisited the swap with the pot template and clicked on the help button. I learned there is a "wildcard" request you can make but the only thing you can put in for qualifiers is the length of trip. So you can do a blind swap request but the only thing you know about what you will get swapped into is the length of trip and the start date.

On a different subject, is the A350 the same type is the 330. If not does it require a full blown training event or just a few days of differences?

Fun fact: the backup battery (keyboard battery) of the surface will not charge if your surface is powered off.

What is the upgrade from A330B to A320A like?

Sooo... I got a new iPhone 6 and played with the EFB today. The dichotomy is stunning.

On the plus side--when I bought a 32GB iPhone 5, it cost $299.

Today, more than two years later, Best Buy just gave me a $201 gift card for it. Didn't even need to buy a phone there (but I did). I wonder how they're making those numbers work?

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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano (Post 1767361)

"CAPPED RESERVE DAYS." I want to swap a 1-day for a 2-day that reports on the same day. I'm reducing the amount of open time. It just doesn't make sense.

Somebody insert confused angry gif ...

I've often felt exactly the same...

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Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1767340)

Ok. Maybe you are right. I am just going by what was told to me by the scheduling supervisor at the time. He said that it would apply.

We picked up a new regional partner today, AWAC is getting 26 of endeavors 50 seat jets.