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03-05-2016, 11:08 AM

#187851

Denny Crane

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Joined APC: Sep 2008

Position: Kickin’ Back

Posts: 6,971

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Originally Posted by deadseal

No and yes
No you will not get 5678 off if you bid the 1st as a higher priority. Yes you can have the last days of the month not equal to your min on call because they will give you the requisite on call days to make it legal with the next bid. Example, you have March 30 and 31st as on call. They will force you to have April 1st and 2nd on call. Then you get a spill trip which sucks cause you don't go above reserve guarantee for one month, but don't get bumped into group 2 for the next.

Thanks for the reply! Looks like I can bid two ways, one being bid the last days of the month off in April and the first week of the month off for May or second, bid to be on call for May 1,2,3,4 over the course of April and May bid periods. Not sure which way to go. I will probably try to back up my X days from month to month. Then I don't have to worry about getting stuck some where and not making it home. The 5th is a travel day. If I end up being on call May 2,3,4,5, I have enough time to get to were I need to be after midnight on the 5th. It would not be ideal.

I have to get May 6,7,8 off. My youngest son is graduating from college. My 90 year old father who swore me into the Air Force and my older son into the Army will also be swearing this son into the Army on May 6th. He is finishing ROTC.

Denny

03-05-2016, 11:27 AM

#187852

Purple Drank

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Joined APC: Feb 2012

Position: Record-Shattering Profit Facilitator

Posts: 4,202

Worst case scenario, the CPO will give you PDs for that august occasion. Congrats!

03-05-2016, 01:01 PM

#187853

Denny Crane

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Joined APC: Sep 2008

Position: Kickin’ Back

Posts: 6,971

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple Drank

Any payback days left?

Nope, unfortunately I haven't had those in a while.

Denny

03-05-2016, 01:07 PM

#187854

Denny Crane

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Joined APC: Sep 2008

Position: Kickin’ Back

Posts: 6,971

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple Drank

Worst case scenario, the CPO will give you PDs for that august occasion. Congrats!

Oh, I will get it off. I'm just trying to figure out how best to do it. If it takes a visit to the CPO, so be it. This is one of those milestones in your family's life that you cannot miss.

Oh, and thanks!

Denny

03-06-2016, 06:43 AM

#187855

notEnuf

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Joined APC: Mar 2015

Position: stake holder ir.delta.com

Posts: 10,047

Just dealt with this Feb/Mar. Here's a good source. Relevant stuff about the 11 min. mark.

https://youtu.be/-Cv7wR8tnqw

03-06-2016, 07:10 AM

#187856

Denny Crane

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Joined APC: Sep 2008

Position: Kickin’ Back

Posts: 6,971

Quote:

Originally Posted by notEnuf

Just dealt with this Feb/Mar. Here's a good source. Relevant stuff about the 11 min. mark.

https://youtu.be/-Cv7wR8tnqw

Thanks! I just watched the relevant part and it looks like I can bid a short period of days on call at the end of the month, say 3 days, but still bid the first days of the following bid period off. I think this is how I will approach it. Seems like I will have the most options this way. Thanks again!

Denny

03-06-2016, 07:59 AM

#187857

ImissXJ

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Joined APC: Dec 2012

Position: Waaaay Junior

Posts: 129

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawaii50

I wonder what the national pipeline on new pilots looks like? Had an FAA guy tell me very few (400 or so) commercial tickets issued last year.

Highly inaccurate. It was around 9,000 issued in 2014. 2015 should be similar.

03-06-2016, 09:52 AM

#187858

Tumbleweed

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Joined APC: Jun 2006

Position: 7ER

Posts: 183

Quote:

Originally Posted by ImissXJ

Highly inaccurate. It was around 9,000 issued in 2014. 2015 should be similar.

I wonder if that includes certificates issued to Chinese, Korean, German, British, or other foreign nationals doing their flight training in Arizona or Florida.