The ability to bank 60 hours and save them for later has not changed at all. What changed is the way we bid, PBS, and the way we get paid for the month. With line of time bidding and the moveup process (known and blind) to both regular and reserve lines, you could easily get in the 85 to 95 hour credit range for a month. Then with a hard cap on hours you could get paid for the month, say 75, the only thing you could do was put these extra hours in the bank.

AAAHHHHH the good ole days!!!!!!:D

Denny

Had a DCI pilot on a positive space the other day on a oversold flight. Asked if he would give up his seat to help other non revs get on(no other jumpseaters). Once airborne we got to talking and he was going out to cover Ual express flying. Are they allowed to use pos. space, bump Dal revenue and non revs for another airlines flying? If not, who do I contact? If so, this is BS.

If you've been on long call for a week then 24 in 7 would apply.
You need a day off. But that's not Whitlow.

What probably happened is the report time was in less than nine hours. When you are on long call you are not "resting" for Whitlow purposes. You have to be able to satisfy the look-back requirements even if you were not on short call. That's why we have the 12 hour report for long call guys. When they call you and give you a trip you have a 12 hour duty free period (no phone responsibility) prior to report. (or 10 hours prior to starting short call). That's Whitlow.

Seems odd they would call before they checked your legality. Normally the computer would instantly tell them you can't fly the trip and they would just skip you.

edit: We're talking domestic I assume. International is different.

I remember that game!! Jake "almost" pulled it out, I was bummed for days. Years prior, we were based at Langley AFB, my wife (ASU grad too) and her principal (Michigan grad) had a Rose Bowl bet. The jerk never thought he would have to pay up......and didn't.

I agree, go to a Rose Bowl! My friends that could and did loved it!

Refugee, when were you at ASU?

Ferd

It's not so odd that the computer called everyone. I had this same thing happen to me a few months ago. The scheduler explained that in the past they would check to see if a line was legal and then call. However, since they've gone to robo-call, the computer calls everyone and then the scheduler has to individually check to see if its legal.

That is not allowed. You need to contact your LEC rep.

From what I understand, this is a gigantically big no-no, and DCI carriers have been spanked hard about this in the past.

I'd run it through the chain starting with the CPO.

Nu

The computer doesn't seem to be setup to check legality first. I have had it call me as I am driving home after a trip. I have even heard stories of it calling people during a layover. Seems like it is something that should be easy to fix.

Hey!! What are you doing in your room on the computer?? Get your butt down to the awning for geyoza and to the 'sports bar' for WAY over priced (but at least the $$ is in the tank vs the yen) beer!!

Ferd

PS...........ACL is in Narita for his cherry boy tour:D

Ahh.. robo-call. That explains it.