I had to take a trip that flies into the 24th to get the 25th off so hopefully I can sneak out of the jetway without getting a RR on the 24th. I was looking at MEM for Jan and it looks like it will be fun. We already have 1 day that is negative, two that are zero, and a bunch of days that have only 1 reserve for Jan. I still haven't seen any GSWC trips go out, so they are in that bad a shape yet. :)

That is the beauty of a big operation, they will flex other bases if possible to cover your flying. This holds true for many categories.

They seem to be getting a nice "save" with all of the European cancellations. It is allowing them to use those pilots when they otherwise would have had no one to cover trips.

Did it start out as a 29 hour trip? If so, it's 58 hours of pay. If not, it was originally a 14.5 hour 5 day now paying 29 hours.....not such a good deal.

Also impossible under the contract. Has to be 29 for 5 days. 1 for 3.5 puts any 5 day above 26 hours.

That's my point. So it is a 29 hour five day now paying 58 hours. Very nice.

Good job FTB! When Moak takes over for Prater you need to photoshop him an infamous "alpa-stache." Unless of course he is required to grow one per the by-laws.

As I understand it he will get a LOA to go without a mustache because of all the expansion he is going to get for the regionals.

Great Dancing Dude!

I love it:D

Pssssssssstttttttt did you notice that Denny is a better dancer than Carl?

Merry Christmas to all my APC Homies..........

Agreed. I would be interested in a stat that showed the average number of days reserves sit long call without an assignment. That would be a better measure of reserve QOL. I would say the last few months I have sat about 2 days each month without a trip or SC. In addition, the average number of SC's are skewed by the overstaffed categories that have 30 people a day sitting idle, while the short category reserves are getting beat up every day.

With regards to PBS, I like the flexibility of being able to string together long stretches of reserve. Being able to get six or seven days off in a row is nice if I am planning a getaway, of course I know I will have to work your butt off the rest of the month.