What does "award next day flying on 0700E PCS run" mean when submitting a white slip request?

It means what it says. You can be awarded a trip by the computer on the last PCS run before trips are assigned manually and reserves start getting involved. If you are assigned a trip via PCS run, it is yours whether you answer the phone or not. If they are assigning trips manually after the 0700 PCS run, you can filter them by not answering your phone and responding within 10 minutes if you want it.

Havent seen a time a specified. And I think Ive always gotten credit foe the day I call in as well.

Anbody know the best way to bid reserve with Shadow Days on the schedule? Is it more advantageous to bid X days on the Shadow period or have reserve days on the Shadow period? Thanks in advance. Haven't changed planes in a decade so kind of dumb on this subject and research has been poor.

You get paid the higher of what you were Shadow awarded or what you fly on OE, so I would cram as many of your reserve days into the shadow period as you can. X days on any remaining non-shadow days are more places to fly GS or sit at home without being on call. Depending on your category, you may even consider bidding a line. If you have some nice long trips, it can pay handsomely. A 10-day trip starting on your last Shadow day will "drop" completely (it is actually awarded to someone junior to you) and pay (over what you OE fly). If your seniority isn't very high and you don't think you can get much touching your shadow period, you just put in an else start next and flex back to reserve.

If you are on a category with 1-days, bid for those to fill in any legal holes within your shadow period (preceded by 2-days, 3-days, etc.). The more credit in shadow, the better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0sYttLST1o


You can search for these on youtube and they are pretty good. This one specifically covers bidding in a month with training.

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I know this is extremely broad and general question. How far up the list do coverage trips generally go for the Thanksgiving and Christmas months. FO if it matters

I've heard "top 50%" but it was a vague, passing statement. curious to hear more, and if using Else Strt Next to Reserve Bid group could keep you off on Xmas and thanksgiving

If 4th of July is any comparison the bottom 60% of line holders worked that day in my category, with longer trips it affects a lot more people. 5 days have a 5x higher percentage chance of touching a specific day than a 1 day. Over a lull on the actual holiday it is more productive to spread the credit time over a several day trip. the 5:15 ADG can easily be 6:36/6:36/0/6:36/6:36. The 0 being the 30hr layover in a hotel on the actual holiday due to a significantly reduced schedule.

AE upgrade = QOL downgrade. 2x IOE removal and higher GS priority more than makes up for this IMO. Just thought I'd throw that out there too. :D

Nice shiny new bars captain! ;)

Check out the PBS gouge pdf that can be found on the PBS help link under crew resources and scheduling. Specifically pages 81-98, lots of good info in there.

Straight from the PBS gouge...