Having jumpseated around a lot during that summer, the way it was explained to me was BOB (of course), and there was some guy named Tom that was legendary for being able to walk on an airplane and cause a maintanence delay.

Didn't hear about auntie FMLA :)

Suit up pay.

I went back through some previous posts on this but I'd like see if I understand it. I'm sitting short call and get zapped to be at the airport asap.....hopefully 1 1/2 hours for a deadhead. As I walk off the bus I pick up my phone.....I can almost see the computers to check in. The call is from scheduling saying that my trip is too tight and they are afraid of Whitlow so I've been pulled off the trip.

I'm now at home looking at the contract and trying to figure out whether I get suit up pay. I called scheduling and they said "no suit up pay since you didn't sign in." BUT, the cool scheduler talked to his supervisor and they agreed to give me suit up pay because I was at the airport. Thank you scheduling. (-:

Here is what the contract says.

A short call reserve pilot who is removed from a rotation or portion thereof will receive suit-up pay and credit if Crew Scheduling first attempted to notify him of such removal less than two hours before his scheduled report.

Nowhere does it say I have to be signed in to get suit up pay. Only the paragraph above this one in the contract references long call reserves and regular line holders are required to sign in first. My notification from scheduling was just a couple minutes before sign in.

Is scheduling wrong in assuming a short call reserve pilot must be signed in to get suit up pay?? If so, then I'll send a note to Alpa so they can fix this.

The paragraph referencing short call and suit up pay also mentions credit. Do I actually get full credit for the trip that I didn't fly? Not that it matters, I'm not breaking guarantee but it would bring the raw score up.

Thanks,

Hoser



BTW, I've got a great underboob pic that I want to share. How long are we on 'time out' when we share these pics with our buddies???

It's always worth it

Not sure on the suit-up thing, but as per your friendly L&G mods, all underboob pics are greatly appreciated. :)

In ATL, better idea is to go to the C-16 customer service area. Get them to list you. I stopped going to the gate because some of their gate agents are real nasty. I've been sent to customer service from the gate many times with not much time left until departure. Missed two flights because of that. If time is short and there is a line at C-16 ... go to the gate.

Not trying to thread hijack, but having computer problems on my overnight (apparently windows 7 netbook edition wont run XP) so can't complete the quarterly CQ disc until later tonight.

How long does the disc take to complete ?

Thanks!

Took me a bit over an hour. The goal is 48 minutes since youre getting paid that and there is no block or better...

Oh that Bob, LOL

I just wanted to bump this, since I was wondering the same thing. I looked but I don't think anyone's answered it. If I just missed it, I apologize.

Thanks

I did this two years ago when we FNWAers had stub vacation. I only had a few days of "stub" so I bought a few more to bring it up to a full week so we could go somewhere.

I ended up having to call crew resources to have the days added. You may want to call and make sure the dates are available (Superbowl sunday was unavailable in my case and I didn't even realize they looked at that months in advance) if you're in an "all or nothing" situation. You certainly don't want to pay for the days if you end up not needing them.

I believe if you buy them for next year before vacation bidding takes place, you can bid them as part of your normal vacation bid. If you're buying them for this year or next year, after vacation bidding, then you will have to contact crew resources and have them placed. I think a week has to be available for when you're trying to place them.

Not a contract guru by any means. Just going off of my experience.