I don't know, if you got to get rid of one I'm thinking the horse is gunna be cheaper in the long run

Neither FLL or PBI is bad if you are Jonny on the Spot with booking the jumpseat. Loads seem subject to fluctuations, so always book the JS despite what the loads say.

There is a FA base for MIA and FLL, so parking is "free"...you still have to pay but the CO reimburses you. Not sure if that extends to PBI. The setup in PBI is easier in and out and is just less hassle than FLL or MIA, especially during cruise days. In either case you need to see the station manager to get set up. Just ask one of the agents.

I wouldn't bother with MIA unless you are in a serious jam. From Wellington, that's an easy 90-120 minutes with no traffic to MIA...and there is always traffic. Also, going east-west in PBC is a pain, especially during rush hour. Plan extra time.

By that same token, I-95 traffic is like Death Race 2000, except during rush hour, when it's completely stopped. I've seen it take 2 hours plus to get from PBI to FLL. Recommend the Turnpike from Wellington to FLL as the primary.

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It's been a year since I commuted out of PBI but the parking was realitvly inexpensive. Go to the airport authority across from the Starbucks and California Pizza Kitchen, closest to terminal A. Tell them you would like to use the employee parking, they will give you a paper to have signed by the Delta station manager. The cost was about $50 a year and $2 a day in the employee lot. It might have changed but I thought it was reasonable price.

Getting from PBI to ATL was 90% on the jumpseat. The first and last flight of the day from ATL to PBI was almost always a real seat in the back. The afternoon flights required a jumpseat.

Maby you could train the horses to list you for the jumpseat at 12:00:D

BFS

There is a youtube video on the front page of the bid package labeled "bidding during a training month". Highly recommend viewing it before you hit submit.

But in a nutshell, you want to put as much credit/time into your shadow period that you can as those trips will go then be taken off your sked put into open time for the category to cover but your bid will determine what you are paid for the month, either the greater of the shadow bid period award, or what you flew on IOE.

Better hurry, less than 5 hrs and counting....

I attached the gouge herehttp://www.airlinepilotforums.com/ma...ml#post2026430

Who is your wife? I am a delta pilot and compete at the winter equestrian festival in Palm Beach too! You will often see me jumpseating with my damn saddle!!!! And often running for a Jumpseat in britches and my show shirt...which is totally business casual �� small world

Delta pilots be living the life of luxury down at the Winter Equestrian Festival huh?!?!! Hob nobbing with Bill Gates, Springsteen and Michael
Bloomberg. I feel so poor arriving in the 757 Jumpseat and not on my own GV...

PCS "anomaly": I tried swapping a 5-day for a 3-day and a 2-day over the exact same days. PCS wouldn't allow it due to Reserve Required being equal to Reserve Available.

I didn't think PCS would prevent this swap but it did. When I talked to Scheduling, they said the PCS software isn't really smart enough to see what I was trying to do and saw it as a drop -- which I couldn't due because of Reserve levels. And Scheduling isn't able to manually override PCS even though what I was trying made perfect sense to the scheduler.

PCS is what it is, but does anyone else have experience with not being able to swap in a similar case?

The only thing I could think that might have prevented the swap was that the 3-day and the 2-day combined for ~1.5 hours less of credit time and involved less block time than the 5-day.

Please remove your man card from your wallet, and associate will be at your door to revoke it soon.:)