Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
11-14-2020, 04:42 PM
Coverage Award...
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Originally Posted by Thruster
Thanks. That’s what I was trying to figure out. I wasn’t asked, it was just assigned. All good.
11-14-2020, 08:42 PM
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Heard a Delta emergency (?) today, missed the call sign. Something about unreliable data (airspeed), asking for controllers what they saw in terms of groundspeed. They said they saw some scary indications, said they didn't want to go into SEA or PDX due to weather, instead were gonna try LAS or PHX where it was clear.
Anyone know what airplane and what happened? This was today 11/14 about 230pm PST.
Anyone know what airplane and what happened? This was today 11/14 about 230pm PST.
11-16-2020, 12:03 PM
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Coverage Awards
Can someone explain the coverage award logic? My category has no coverage awards for line holders. All the way down to plug +1 with no coverage awards. The last one qualified in the category is on reserve. Meanwhile, reserves were given coverage awards all the way up to 25% in category. Isn't the purpose of coverage awards (formerly unstacking) to spread out the work rather than stack it up over certain days. We have 28 coverage awards for reserve days on the 24th and 25th with no coverage awards for trips on those same days. Was PBS supposed to have awarded trips on the 24th and 25th to junior pilots rather than reserve days for senior pilots?
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11-16-2020, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunfighter
Can someone explain the coverage award logic? My category has no coverage awards for line holders. All the way down to plug +1 with no coverage awards. The last one qualified in the category is on reserve. Meanwhile, reserves were given coverage awards all the way up to 25% in category. Isn't the purpose of coverage awards (formerly unstacking) to spread out the work rather than stack it up over certain days. We have 28 coverage awards for reserve days on the 24th and 25th with no coverage awards for trips on those same days. Was PBS supposed to have awarded trips on the 24th and 25th to junior pilots rather than reserve days for senior pilots?
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11-16-2020, 12:39 PM
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Wish I knew if my category had coverage awards. ATL320B...
11-16-2020, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Jaww
Wish I knew if my category had coverage awards. ATL320B...
I guess that's what I get for looking before the DALPA Textcaster alert.
11-16-2020, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunfighter
Same. My wide report disappeared. Here's hoping they rerun the bids with better coverage award logic.
11-16-2020, 01:09 PM
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Did anyone else not get texts from ALPA when the preliminary awards were available?
11-16-2020, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano
Did anyone else not get texts from ALPA when the preliminary awards were available?
11-16-2020, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunfighter
Can someone explain the coverage award logic? My category has no coverage awards for line holders. All the way down to plug +1 with no coverage awards. The last one qualified in the category is on reserve. Meanwhile, reserves were given coverage awards all the way up to 25% in category. Isn't the purpose of coverage awards (formerly unstacking) to spread out the work rather than stack it up over certain days. We have 28 coverage awards for reserve days on the 24th and 25th with no coverage awards for trips on those same days. Was PBS supposed to have awarded trips on the 24th and 25th to junior pilots rather than reserve days for senior pilots?
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The line and reserve coverage awards are not tied to each other. In my category reserve coverage awards happen much more often then line coverage awards. In a previous category it was just the opposite.
On reserve lines, the coverage awards often seem completely out of whack with reserves required. In July of 2019 my category had 26 of 28 reserve lines get a coverage award for a non holiday Sunday. Once the schedules were pushed too Icrew the reserves required for that day were In the low teens. The good news with that is you can often move that reserve day once the PCS process starts if you are senior enough.
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