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So far so good ;)

TEXAS KNOCKS OFF #5 NEBRASKA!! Hence the reason why Nebraska is leaving the Big XII, they're tired of losing to Texas \m/

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georgetg

10-16-2010 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 885810)

Western pilots used to refer to United as Marvin Mainliners... anybody know the history of that? I do have a fantastic story to go with it.. and I have verified it from two independent sources...

As told to me by a crusty old Western guy:
(yes he had the buckle and the boots ;-)

When Western first started going to ORD
An exchange on ORD Ground between United and Western ended with the Western guy keying the mike:

"#%^*-you Marvin, this is between Ground and me."

The rest as they say is history.

Cheers
George

KC10 FATboy

10-16-2010 03:39 PM

PBS Question

How can someone Junior to me get a line, when people senior to the person were affected by unstacking?

The other bidder and myself had pre-awards. The other bidder had Vacation. I had Vacation and MLOA.

In open time, there are trips available which could have built me a line.

The result, he gets a line, I do not. But I was affected by unstacking, he was affected by denial mode.

What gives?

acl65pilot

10-16-2010 03:55 PM

There were trips that could not be assigned because of the ALV requirements. They opted not to award them in PBS. They are now in the opentime pot for pickup and swap. Go look at the ATL ER most of the trips there are 65+ hr trips

Dash8widget

10-16-2010 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver (Post 885827)

Well, it's interesting he told you that. That is certainly more than we as a pilot group have ever been told. Whenever someone brings up the kinds of percentage increases we would need for restoration, someone else (usually a big Moak defender) pops up to say how unrealistic it is. That, along with the complete lack of communication of any objective, sure makes it seem different from what you were told.

I hear you - giving what I know now, I wish I could have a do-over on that conversation. I think I would have been looking for some details :cool:

KC10 FATboy

10-16-2010 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 885883)

If I add my pre-awards and two trips in open time (no FAR violations), I have a line.

acl65pilot

10-16-2010 04:43 PM

Then call SL on the scheduling committee. Better yet, e-mail him at his DALPA addy.

They can always unstack up to 50% in a holiday month like Nov. Not sure why, but call or e-mail him, he will let you know what is up.

buzzpat

10-16-2010 04:45 PM

I've got a question about raw scores. I was assigned a two-day trip for tomorrow with three days of reserve availability and a raw score of 48. Another guy had six days of availability and a raw of zero. I got the trip. How does the computer/scheduler/dart board throwing guy/Ouija Board assign trips based on raw?

BTW, its a sweet little two-day, so I'm not complaining. Just trying to understand how the raw thing works when there is one open trip and one guy with a score and the other guy with zero.

80ktsClamp

10-16-2010 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Nosmo King (Post 885817)

Disclaimer: I am not an AQFO, but I think the benefits/liabilities are going to depend on your aircraft type.

I talked to 3 AQFO on the A330. Here is what caught my attention.

If you are senior in the category it probably doesn't help you at all for scheduling.

All 3 AQFOs were told that they had to do ACC so they could do ride alongs. This was a big MINUS in my estimation.

"Office days" are fleet dependent, as in are they required, how many and can you do them via telecommute.

I'm sure there were other things they told me, but I pretty much stopped at that point.

Good luck.

No office days are required except its "mandatory" to go to one LCP meeting a year. There used to be 3 meetings a year that were somehow referred to as quarterly, but now it's down to 2.

I would always bid that to one of my days off so i got that pay over guarantee.

There is no other "office" work required other than voluntary (which you get paid more than you actually work usually) standards and procedures stuff.

If you're very senior I would not consider it a good deal.

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