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Old 12-29-2014 | 05:43 PM
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Well it's been a long year ; )
Old 12-29-2014 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by maddogmax
I haven't tried to non rev since I retired. When you have to be somewhere (Hotel Res at a resort in the BVI, etc) you can't afford not get there. Hence, buy a real ticket. I guess my point is, your non rev priority as a retiree is basically worthless. Rant over. Happy New Year to all
I've had very good luck with the S-3B, including FC both ways to Zurich & London. Naturally, it helps if you pick a slow time of year and watch the loads carefully. Consider buying a refundable ticket on another airline as a backup.
Old 12-29-2014 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
I've had very good luck with the S-3B, including FC both ways to Zurich & London. Naturally, it helps if you pick a slow time of year and watch the loads carefully. Consider buying a refundable ticket on another airline as a backup.
Exactly; if Delta Connection people can romp all over the planet as S3Cs then it's doable, it's just not as easy.
Old 12-30-2014 | 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
Filling that in has costed me thousands. It's always blank now.
I felt for a Captain I flew with the other day, he had just opened and drank a beer after yard work. Scheduling called with a "how quickly can you get here" $4000 GS.





He said it was a $4000 beer.
Old 12-30-2014 | 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
I felt for a Captain I flew with the other day, he had just opened and drank a beer after yard work. Scheduling called with a "how quickly can you get here" $4000 GS.





He said it was a $4000 beer.
To call it a $4000 beer means he puts no value on his time at home. I feel sorry for people like that.
Old 12-30-2014 | 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44
To call it a $4000 beer means he puts no value on his time at home. I feel sorry for people like that.
*shrug* You could say that about anybody who goes to work and doesn't live on the largess of others. I'd rather be compensated double @ captain's pay than minimum wage at McDonalds.
Old 12-30-2014 | 06:32 AM
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I had one a few months back where I was hoping for a GS day trip and sure enough scheduling called. I was ready. My phone wasn't. It would not register my finger sliding across the screen to answer the call. Nothing I could do would make it work.

I missed the call. Finally got it to work within a few seconds and called back. By the time I got to a scheduler the trip had been assigned to someone else.
Old 12-30-2014 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
I had one a few months back where I was hoping for a GS day trip and sure enough scheduling called. I was ready. My phone wasn't. It would not register my finger sliding across the screen to answer the call. Nothing I could do would make it work.

I missed the call. Finally got it to work within a few seconds and called back. By the time I got to a scheduler the trip had been assigned to someone else.
Ah! I can imagine frantically swiping at the screen.

Btw, did you change your avatar?
Old 12-30-2014 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
I had one a few months back where I was hoping for a GS day trip and sure enough scheduling called. I was ready. My phone wasn't. It would not register my finger sliding across the screen to answer the call. Nothing I could do would make it work.

I missed the call. Finally got it to work within a few seconds and called back. By the time I got to a scheduler the trip had been assigned to someone else.
You obviously don't value your time at home.
Old 12-30-2014 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
I had one a few months back where I was hoping for a GS day trip and sure enough scheduling called. I was ready. My phone wasn't. It would not register my finger sliding across the screen to answer the call. Nothing I could do would make it work.

I missed the call. Finally got it to work within a few seconds and called back. By the time I got to a scheduler the trip had been assigned to someone else.
Wow, that's a bummer. If you are at or near a computer when they call you can log into iCrew and acknowledge that way without needing to talk to them. Of course if it's a short call GS and they are moving on as soon as they hang up you may not have enough time to get into iCrew. I've had at least 1 GS per month this year and have never actually spoken to a scheduler as I got them.
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