Originally Posted by fly2002 (Post 1792479)

Seat lock is up March 1st. Can I bid off the plane on the early January AE? Or do I have to wait until an AE that comes out after March 1st?

Thanks.
Fly2002

Originally Posted by DALMD88FO (Post 1792286)

Sure they usually end up in open time. Here is one 3 day trip four duty periods, pays 17:29. :


02 1105 ATL 0805 SLC 1030 4.25 76S
4.25TL

03 1318 SLC 0030 DTW 0559 3.29 757 3.29TL

03 1055 DTW 1955 MSP 2057 2.02
2.02TL

04 2392 MSP 0859 PHX 1138 3.39 2.36 76
1772 PHX 1414 ATL 1945 3.31

Originally Posted by DALMD88FO (Post 1792291)

pays 17:35

18 1402 atl 1100 las 1242 4.42 1.08 757
1538 las 1350 msp 1901 3.11
7.53tl

19 1751 msp 0900 las 1039 3.39
3.39tl

20 1450 las 0045 msp 0547 3.02
3.02tl

20 721 msp 1930 atl 2304 2.34
2.34b

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1792126)

The increase in 5 day trips might be in part due to 5:15. I have heard that it has been far more expensive then the costing number used in negotiations. The impact on rotations constructed after bid package release has been huge.
The company however has put out several times that longer trips are being used because of the 79 hour average on the ALV. In the past they always met that average by using low ALV's in the winter. With access to a 2 more hours in the summer (84) and increased narrow body block hours in the winter domestic system the company is having a tough time meeting the 79 requirement. Marketing increasing block hours late in the game is not helping. A increase in 757/767 hours was refused last summer. It's very rare that flight ops denies marketing.
If the company has 3 options. Build rotations with less credit. Violate the ALV average. Violate the staffing formula. They have dropped a lot if hints over the last two years on easing the 79 hour restriction. That has been refused so I suspect they are pushing back with rotation construction.
Keep one last thing in mind. A large number of pilots like 5 day trips. When the company was going to eliminate them at former north bases there was strong support to keep them so they stayed.

Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1792513)

Hypothetical: I have a GS in, they call me, they I want it, but they ask how far away I am. I say 1 hr and they need someone immediately, do I get it or do they pass me on to the next?

Originally Posted by RockyBoy (Post 1792478)

If you can see that GS's are being tossed out and you will be flying, you can call scheduling and tell them to put whatever they have on your line and you don't need to acknowledge it. They will usually honor that request. If it isn't time critical, they are suppose to wait until you land and then give you time to ack the trip....they don't always do that though.

Originally Posted by flycozter (Post 1792520)

How does one "see" that GS's are being tossed out? In Icrew somewhere?

Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1792513)

Hypothetical: I have a GS in, they call me, they I want it, but they ask how far away I am. I say 1 hr and they need someone immediately, do I get it or do they pass me on to the next?

Originally Posted by hockeypilot44 (Post 1792506)

***? When did we give up the 5:15 per flight period? We traded one reg for another? **** ALPA. They need to go. Every time I think they did something right, I find out about something they did wrong to offset it.

How is 5:15 per calendar day better than 5:15 per flight duty period? The answer is it depends on the trip. The company can and will make trips that would have been okay with the reg we don't have, but are crappy with the reg we do have. Trading one for the other was a wash. This is the first time I have heard about losing this reg.

Originally Posted by badflaps (Post 1792496)

Hmmm... How do you not pay the $50?