Originally Posted by ExAF (Post 790047)

Some at NWA insisted on lots of 5 day trips. That would be the commuters. The other some of us that do not commute hate 5 day trips and do not insist on them. I just hope there are enough to make the commuters happy without forcing the leftovers on the rest of us be it north or south.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 790082)

Point is, many are worried that NWA's deal with Alaska allows them to replace you on flights between "hubs" like SEA - ATL. Others have noticed AS replaced us in LAX San Cabo and several other markets (the one with an all inclusive on the beach just sticks in my memory for some reason).

Company and ALPA say AS is not replacing us. That SEA is not a hub and we don't code share on THAT flight. Meanwhile the duck spotters think they have a duck spotted based on it's Anatidae like characteristics.

Originally Posted by shiznit (Post 790120)

So... With a GSWC in regards to pay:

My trip A(4day): JUN04-JUN07 = 21:00 pay & credit (normal)

GSWC trip B(4day): JUN03-06 =21:00 pay/no credit

Does the GSWC pay: 21:00 trip A pay/credit + 21:00 pay/no credit?

Ttl: 21:00 credit and 42:00 pay?

I guess this benefit is to get double pay for a trip when you were going to be at work anyway? (not as a triple pay situation?)

and the normal GS is working for double pay on otherwise days off?

This would appear to me that it is in my (and pretty much any pilot's) best interest to use GSWC as much as possible to utilize the rules of the PWA to the fullest extent.

The drawback is you are risking that another pilot would pick up a trip at WS or normal GS and not allow you to maximize pay opportunities, but to each their own....more risk more potential reward

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 790009)

Anyone flying through ATL notice that the Alaska flight that we DO NOT code share on has been moved from the D Concourse to B33? We are servicing it every day over on B.........

Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 790132)

this is one of many many small incremental moves going on between DAL and AK that tells me there is more than a JV going on here.

AA and JB in JFK is another piece of this puzzle.

...just sayin'

Cheers
George

Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 790131)

Your last sentence is exactly why this is a difficult strategy to pull off. This happened when we had Delta Express, and that is EXACTLY why we got the language we now have for GSWC. Those guys played the game, and everybody did it. In the current case, it really isn't worth it. You will have too many regular GS and WS to make it fly. Especially since the reserve system sucks the big one, and it will be a case of the senior guys making out like bandits, and reserves working their a$$ off. I am not advocating either strategy, but I don't think the payout will be worth it to enough guys.