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Got a frantic call from scheduling last night at 1830. When my wife brought me the phone the following conversation ensued:

Me: Hello?

Scheduler: I have a trip for you, advise ready to copy

Me: Uhhh.....I think there's some mistake, I'm off today.

Scheduler: we are in inverse assignment for MEM and you are being junior assigned.

Me: uhhh......uhhhhhh.......hmmmmm......uhhhhh

Scheduler: (interupting my Uhhhh's) it is a two day trip, rotation XXXX, reports ASAP, returns back to MEM tomorrow evening at 1625. I'll show you notified. How quickly will you be able to report?

Me: uhhhhh......uhhhhhh?! Is this a DC-9 trip? I didn't know we went to MCI direct from MEM.

Scheduler: Yes, I need to know how long until you are at the gate? (emphatically, obviously annoyed at my confusion)

Me: well, uhhhh....There are a couple of issues at play here, 1st of all, I am out sick since I just had back surgery last week. And second of all....I'm not on the DC-9 anymore.....I'm on the Airbus.

Scheduler: Uhhhhhhh........Uhhhhhhhh. Oh, I see that now. Not sure how this happened. Uhhhhhhh......Ok, have a nice night.

sailingfun

11-30-2010 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by RockyBoy (Post 909005)

There are about 20 guys that were suppose to be in SLC on the 320 for December that are benched. They were told they will try to find them a slot in January but it may be into Febuary before they get them in. Two months off over the holidays and getting paid the ALV is a sweet deal!

There should be some pretty good skiers by the end of Jan!

johnso29

11-30-2010 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by volav8r1 (Post 909016)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! These poor schedulers would absolutely LOVE dual qualified pilots right now. :D

sailingfun

11-30-2010 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 908847)

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

And one of the main reasons we lost several thousand jobs!!!!!!

volav8r1

11-30-2010 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 909021)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! These poor schedulers would absolutely LOVE dual qualified pilots right now. :D

I talked to some folks this morning to make sure this wouldn't happen again. It was apparently a mistake in the system. I was scheduled for 320 school earlier this month but hurt my back which required surgery. When they cancelled my class date they apparently (for some unknown reason) left me on the DC-9 list for the rest of the month.

P.S. Be careful jerking your flight cases out of the airplane. I grabbed mine earlier this month and did a SERIOUS number on my back!

NERD	11-30-2010 09:54 AM

Maybe he was on a purchased ticket. He just told me he had a positive space in the gate area. I noticed we were oversold and asked if needed, would he sit up front to help another nonrev. Once airborne the conversation of whether it was a dci/uax flight came up. Is there anyway to know in the future?

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Originally Posted by RockyBoy (Post 908999)

SkyWest has been known to do this on a regular basis. They were using positive space to bring UAX guys to SLC on mainline DAL flights for training a few years ago. If they are being used for non Delta flying or training then they need to have a purchased ticket just like a mainline UAL pilot would have. If they don't and they are bumping revenue then you should tell the agent to deny them boarding and call the CPSC. We left more than a few behind in ORD when they were doing this a few years ago.

DFW Refugee

11-30-2010 10:05 AM

Refugee, when were you at ASU?

Ferd:

1974 to DEC 1980. On the 6-year, 4-month plan.
Pre-Architorture--> Finance.
Tubing down the Salt River was my second favorite sport. :D

NO PITY FOR THE KITTY!!!

And you?

johnso29

11-30-2010 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by volav8r1 (Post 909035)

P.S. Be careful jerking your flight cases out of the airplane. I grabbed mine earlier this month and did a SERIOUS number on my back!

Or hiking it up onto the security belt. DAL should be going full throttle on getting Ship Sets done. They'll save some $$$ on injuries.

Ferd149

11-30-2010 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DFW Refugee (Post 909050)

Right on!! Thursday night with our new 6' 8" QB who seems ready to rumble!!:cool:

I was there 71 to 75
Aero Tech ---------> Drinking at the FIJI house (when there was such a place) --------> Business Management (to keep the USAF from pulling my ROTC scholarship:D)

Ferd <---------Master Salt River Tuber

Denny Crane

11-30-2010 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by 10000 (Post 908932)

Denny or anyone

Any idea if one earns positive bank hours in 2010, will those hours earned but not paid or included in your W-2 be included in the profit sharing calculation?

Might not be such a positive thing in a good year.

No, they will not be included in any profit sharing if you keep them in the bank. Like you said, they are earned but not paid until you withdraw them from the bank. Since they are not part of your W-2 for the year, they are not included in profit sharing.

Denny

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