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11-23-2020 | 03:11 PM

#199801

Flying Monkey

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From: MadDog gear slinger

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Originally Posted by sailingfun

No pilot at Delta helped write any code for PBS. It’s a vender sourced 3rd party program. Multiple versions are used by many airlines. Airbus bought out the original company that wrote the program and now owns it.

I didn’t care about the validity of his story. Still wanted to punch him.

11-23-2020 | 04:18 PM

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Buck Rogers

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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44

I have about 13 years here and I'm still a narrow-body fo. There's a reason why captain went junior when we were hiring. Hint: it's not because pilots would rather be first officers.

Sorry to be so slow, I'm not picking up on your hint. Can you just spell it out for me?

11-23-2020 | 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Buck Rogers

Sorry to be so slow, I'm not picking up on your hint. Can you just spell it out for me?

It's because our schedules are so hard to manipulate if you don't have weekends and holidays off after initial PBS run. No one wanted to be junior. Narrow-body captain was hitting the bottom of the list almost. Now that no hiring is going on, profit sharing is gone, and company using reinstatement loophole to keep pilots locked out of upgrading, I expect captain to go way more senior in future bids. Who knows how long you'll have to wait going forward if you pass on a bid. I know I have my captain bids in.

11-24-2020 | 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44

I expect captain to go way more senior in future bids. Who knows how long you'll have to wait going forward if you pass on a bid. I know I have my captain bids in.

I sure hope so! We need to clear out some of those senior WB B's lol.

11-24-2020 | 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by crewdawg

I sure hope so! We need to clear out some of those senior WB B's lol.

WB FO will be a tougher get than NB CA. NYC will always be junior for those brave enough......

11-24-2020 | 05:01 AM

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WB FO will be a tougher get than NB CA. NYC will always be junior for those brave enough......

Nah man, people are figuring out how terrible life is as a WB FO! NB CA is WAY better...think of all that pay, fly with your favorite Capt...the respect!

11-24-2020 | 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by crewdawg

Nah man, people are figuring out how terrible life is as a WB FO! NB CA is WAY better...think of all that pay, fly with your favorite Capt...the respect!

you had me till the respect part. 🤣😕

11-24-2020 | 06:42 AM

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Nah man, people are figuring out how terrible life is as a WB FO! NB CA is WAY better...think of all that pay, fly with your favorite Capt...the respect!

Nice try!

11-24-2020 | 11:31 AM

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LandGreen2

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Originally Posted by crewdawg

Nah man, people are figuring out how terrible life is as a WB FO! NB CA is WAY better...think of all that pay, fly with your favorite Capt...the respect!

Yes absolutely! WB FO sucks now especially for those 4900 and more senior. Just think of the car, extra house AND boat you can buy with the extra NB CA dough!!!

11-25-2020 | 09:19 AM

#199810

UGBSM

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Originally Posted by Gunfighter

Can someone explain the coverage award logic?... Isn't the purpose of coverage awards (formerly unstacking) to spread out the work rather than stack it up over certain days...?

-Signed New owner of a Christmas bidding mistake.

Not really "to spread out the work"... just reduce the size of the stack in advance by assigning those trips first. The program is thoretically capable, BTW, of assigning every single trip and having no stacks. So the matter is really how big of a stack to allow, thus the logic of having more reserves to cover even if they are senior reserves.