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Why?

Home every night, good job security, able to make statements like "we own you during your availability" with impunity. Hence the question about the APD.

Last I checked, slavery is illegal. Skeds don't "own" anyone. Further, with the APD, I'm emancipated :)

Free, free at last I'm free.

RockyBoy

12-21-2010 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ranger3484 (Post 919795)

Funny. I thought I read 2.8.

For me....I'd say closer to 5-6 per month over the past 3 years.

I've been closer to 2-3 per month the last three years. I think I've only had one month where they got me for 6....and I asked for them trying to get them done early.

Jabberwock

12-21-2010 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 919695)

System wide the last tally I saw showed the average reserve pilot sitting 2.8 shortcalls per month.

That statistic does not explain much. Some categories don't see many short calls because they are already assigned the day before they hit reserve. Short calls are mostly covered by White and Green slips.

PBS reserve really changed the game. It's brutal with up to 11 days of availability (carry in months).

Launchpad475

12-21-2010 08:41 PM

<<Nice job to the guy in MSP who snagged a 5-day out of base GS in DTW that lays over in MSP for Christmas. Home for Christmas and 29 hours pay...not bad.>>

ugh, don't even get me started. Remember the PM I sent you about going home or waiting for another GS on Sunday? Well, I went home. They called me for that 5 day GS and I couldn't make the report time. Sooooo peaved still.

Oh well-

forgot to bid

12-21-2010 08:59 PM

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Superpilot92

12-21-2010 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by RockyBoy (Post 919796)

I was originally on reserve 21-26. GS'd my way out of Christmas with PB days until the 30th. My only concern now is I finish a GS trip on the 24th and they are -3 that day. Gotta figure out how to avoid the RR assignment and I'll be off most of the 24th until the 30th. If I do end up working over christmas I'll be where I started off at and have close to 70 hours over guarantee for the trouble. I'm thinking the robo caller will get more use the next few days than it has all year long.

Yeah I'm off through the 28th now and the IA I was called for was a 3 day 20 hour GS starting tomorrow and I wasn't about to fly into Christmas eve. The coverage in Memphis is horrendous throughout December and every day is below coverage in for January also.

acl65pilot

12-21-2010 09:51 PM

Yep, U-G-L-Y
ATL 7ER is looking the same way.

80ktsClamp

12-21-2010 09:56 PM

Got a 4 day starting in about 12 hours... puts me at 72 for the month already.

One more day trip and I'll get new years eve off, haha.

acl65pilot

12-21-2010 09:58 PM

I am off until early January. I timed out almost a week ago.

RockyBoy

12-22-2010 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Launchpad475 (Post 919839)

ugh, don't even get me started. Remember the PM I sent you about going home or waiting for another GS on Sunday? Well, I went home. They called me for that 5 day GS and I couldn't make the report time. Sooooo peaved still.

Oh well-

Ahh crap, sorry man.

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