Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 731002)

Ouch... saw this is daily trip coverage:

Check in 22.20

Day FLT Departs Arrives
21 D1139 ATL 2250 XYZ 2354 1.04

XYZ 5.41/Hotel

22 1850 XYZ 0535 ATL 0641 1.06

Regular 5.15TL 1.06BL
Reserve 5.03TL 1.06BL

Thats a stand up overnight for sure. I'd sleep in the plane. :eek:

This is why you want to stay away from the @#%)(* ATL M88. :D My campaign continues. 10 more days and the AE closes.

(XYZ) = undisclosed nearby airport.

Originally Posted by Tycer (Post 731084)

Anyone heard anything about having a base in Guam and or Narita? Going through the sim here and spoke to Brian Bolt for about thirty minutes. He mentioned that there was discussion about this possibility. Has any one else heard anything? It sounds a little far fetched, but right now I guess anything is possible.

Originally Posted by FrankCobretti (Post 731021)

I just sat three days of LC. Cleaned and painted my mudroom and got paid to do it. Tell me this isn't a great job.

Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 730888)

You should be the last one they call, but there are lots of caveats. Probably the biggest thing is that not everyone on the list with lower raw scores are legal for a trip. I don't understand it, but I think the list will show people who are finishing a trip that day, but aren't legal yet. But if there is someone in your same day group (3 days of availablity, 4 days, etc) with a lower raw score who is legal, there should be no reason why they would get called for a trip before you. Now, I'm sure you know that people can sick out or have a problem when scheduling calls, which would give the trip to you.

As I understand it, who the scheduler picks for a trip is not at their discretion - when they need a trip covered, they generate a trip coverage report or something, and it lists pilots by employee number in coverage order to call. The computer figures out legalities, contractual issues and the like.

Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy (Post 730622)

Actually, ACL you bring up a very good point. After speaking to our NWA jumpseaters, it is clear, they do not understand the bid system. Rightfully so. It is new to them.

I even made the comment to one fella, "I see a lawsuit coming after this bid gets released" because I think enough will dork up their bidding and will lose a seat / position because of it.

Originally Posted by GunshipGuy (Post 731132)

IMHO, DAL north guys are getting ten-fold the instruction on PBS and bidding than I did as a new hire during the last cycle. Much of it is emailed out as a result of the merger, and thankfully a great effort has been made to get as much information out there as possible to make the transition less painful. Our class was probably the exception, but during indoc who ever was supposed to show up for the class on PBS didn't show that day. There were some slides available for downloading, but all in all, I would guess most new hires had to fend for themselves by using trial and error, and asking around for help in the crew room before flights.

Hopefully, this bank of documentation is kept available for future hires to make their experience a bit easier.

Originally Posted by keenster (Post 731140)

Well it has not helped very much because they all preached that at DAL south 90 % of pilots bid with only one bid group. So we should only bid with one bid group. What a crock of ----- that was. Until you fully understand the logic you will shoot yourself in the foot as I have twice so it is also trial and error for us as well. Have gone back to multiple bid groups to save my butt.