Herkflyr |
05-05-2017 06:48 PM |
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Originally Posted by Falcon20
(Post 2358273)
So the ATL M88 bid package for June is terrible. 88% of the trips are 4 days long!! 0% for 1 & 2 day trips.
Where is the MOAB? I need a new plane with better options. Bye-bye seniority!!
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Hey welcome to the 717 world the past two years! There have been numerous months when we had more 5-day trips than 1, 2, and 3 days...combined. The RCC is well aware of a lot of blistering FCRs from me and others.
The 717 trip mix (ATL at least) is fairly good for June, but as I read the Crew Resources newsletter, that was just the luck of the optimizer calculations. M88 looks like the 717 has numerous times that past couple of years.
Your one ace in the hole? If you have vacation and live local, bid reserve. The pure domestic categories have a "min on call day" rule of 3 for building reserve lines. That means that if you have a week of vacation or more, you can build a reserve line where you are never on call more than 3 days at a stretch--nice to be able to do that when 90+% of the trips are 4-day or longer. (This is not possible if you don't have any vacation, mil leave, etc, due to the required number of reserve days in a full month).
I realize that may or may not be feasible, but I wanted to bring that up.
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