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10-02-2019 | 08:09 AM
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What SF said above! You don't want to be the only one who didn't put a golden days over that holiday weekend. If they build a CQ pairing over that weekend and you're the only one without a golden day, you're getting the trip...even if you're the most senior pilot.
*Note: this is if you're in your must go month or there are equal number of CQ pairings and pilots up for training that month. Remember if there are 10 pilots up for training (early/may/must, doesn't matter) and there are 10 pairings...everyone is going to CQ.
It will only look at whatever is in your training bid.
*Note: this is if you're in your must go month or there are equal number of CQ pairings and pilots up for training that month. Remember if there are 10 pilots up for training (early/may/must, doesn't matter) and there are 10 pairings...everyone is going to CQ.
It will only look at whatever is in your training bid.
10-02-2019 | 08:10 AM
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10-02-2019 | 08:11 AM
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My understanding is the "golden days" bid in Icrew is binding, but it only protects up to 5 days.
On top of that you can go into PBS and input a "training bid" which you can ask for whatever you want, ie train/don't train, days to avoid, periods to avoid. Of course the PBS bid seems almost purely advisory although when I use it I seem to get weekends off which was my main goal anyway. You can use PBS to request or avoid all sorts of things in your training bid.
On top of that you can go into PBS and input a "training bid" which you can ask for whatever you want, ie train/don't train, days to avoid, periods to avoid. Of course the PBS bid seems almost purely advisory although when I use it I seem to get weekends off which was my main goal anyway. You can use PBS to request or avoid all sorts of things in your training bid.
10-02-2019 | 08:54 AM
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Thanks to all the replies, I was able to bid for my December golden days. I expect I will get them as XX days on RES since they are nowhere near the holidays, I scheduled my HPDE figuring early to mid December would be easy to get my requested days off. Thanks for this PBS tip as well, I would LOVE to train as close to the holidays as possible since I’m guaranteed a trip if I’m not in the sim.
10-02-2019 | 10:01 AM
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Be careful using golden days. Once they are on your schedule they cannot be removed. I understand their value for holiday bidding but outside of a holiday I’ll never use them again.
10-02-2019 | 10:27 AM
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There always seem to be a few who forget to bid CQ Golden Days and will be traveling to Atlanta on Thanksgiving Day to hop in that A-period sim on Black Friday as well as those who forget to lead their CQ bids with "Avoid Voluntary Training" in their early month. 😁
10-02-2019 | 10:30 AM
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10-03-2019 | 02:25 AM
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They are only sacrosanct for training...they don’t guarantee those days off for your entire monthly schedule. Bid your month appropriately!
10-03-2019 | 06:10 AM
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10-03-2019 | 08:57 AM
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