If it was the cancun run tomorrow, they tried to get me to do it, that was no kidding my 5th gs call today. I can't get to dtw in time to
Oreos for a few of them since the weekend reduced schedule. I finished a redeye this morning and spent all day trying to get home with flights canceling and delays everywhere! They called me for a gs again right before I left for a 3 day starting tonight. I could've legally done it but considering I'd been up all night flying the redeye I didn't think I should/could fly till almost midnight tonight on no rest. I'd love to help out but I was dead tired and it wouldn't have been safe.

Meltdown in the 320 ranks is in full effect and that's with minimal wx issues. If we get hammered in a couple bases at once it's going to get even worse next month.

Hoping for a gs tomorrow though once I get into position

 

I'm not 100% sure, but I think they're added to your vacation days. If you've used your vacation for the year they go to next years I believe.

I think this is what happens, but I'm sure someone will chime in.

 

I believe you're correct Buzz. We have a lot of former 73N flying.

 

88B ATL handed out around 5-7 GS today. They have really bulked up staffing on here so GS are few and far between....I've had an open one in all month and no calls!!
As for 320 GS going out, I would say it is a result of increased utilization and no additional staffing in your seat. Also the higher amount of commuters so GS aren't as relevant for covering open trips.....maybe something positive will come from all this.

 

I've decided out of good taste not to post a picture of Jones Town, but I found one that was a fake Fox News "Breaking News", and I was going to edit it to say "Delta A320 Pilots..."

Starting to see a lot of 5+ hour sits in ATL. Odd.

 

Good question. The pilot in question did max out for the month even though they had reserve days left, so I am sure that since they are above the ALV there has to be more in it for them.

 

That does make GS's hard, but how many commuters does MSP have? I'd drop the GS's there and have them cover DTW trips.

 

If you GS to the end of the month where PB days cannot be awarded, they are thrown in to you bank. I believe you must use them before the end of the year or they are paid out at daily reserve credit of 3.92 or something per day.

 

ACL speaks truth.




Payback Day Bank

If there are insufficient days remaining in the bid period, the excess X-days are placed into a Payback Day Bank. These days may be used as follows:

• Reserve coverage permitting, a pilot may drop a rotation of any length using his payback days.
o If the number of payback days in his bank equals or exceeds the length of the rotation, then he will receive pay and credit for the entire rotation.
o If the number of payback days in his bank is less than the length of the rotation, then he will receive pay and credit for the first portion of the rotation that is equal to the number of days in his bank.

• Reserve coverage permitting, a pilot may drop any number of on-call days, to the extent of the number of days in his payback day bank. He will receive pay and credit of 3:53 for each on-call day dropped.

• By mutual agreement with Crew Scheduling, a pilot may have payback days added to the beginning or end of a vacation period in the current vacation year. His vacation bank will be credited 3:00 for each payback day added to his vacation.

• Payback days that are not used by December 31 are converted to supplemental (SUPP) vacation days and applied toward the following year’s vacation. (See Vacation Allotment and Bidding article for more details.)

 

Buzz,

I just tried this and it worked:

-DELTANET Homepage
-Click on 737
- Far left: click on Training Aids
- Miscellaneous Training Aids: Click on Pre-flight Inspection

It says something about using internet explorer which I did use and it worked.

Scoop