I was thinking the same thing. Does AA/UAL/SWA/Cargo/etc all make their pilots wait until the 15th of each month until they find out the following month's schedule? Or is this just how we do it at DAL?

JB captains find out around the 7th. FOs find out on the 10th.

Back door B's are out....

What does "Tried and pulled during shuffle" mean on the reason's report?

Cathay Pacific Pilots are given their scheds on the 15th. And I say "given" b/c CX pilots can't and don't bid. You get what you get, and you don't get upset(or, actually you get very upset).

Well if bidding doesn't even close till the 11th at delta then this timeline seems hard to replicate.

"Delta One" has replaced Business Elite.

Alaska used to have to wait until around the 23rd of the month...now they get them around the 10th I believe - but they are still line bidding.

Baja.

I hope it's equally good. We managed to get Business Elite to London and back last year, and it was even better than First Class used to be. :)

So the November bid period starts Nov 1. How do they manage to award me a pairing that reports on Oct 31 at 23:35 in the November bid award? I couldn't ask for Oct 31 off in my Nov bid so how the heck can they award me a pairing that reports on the 31st?