Phew, the unstacking scythe cut deep this month....:mad:

Nu

Agreed. They're supposed to use SC pilots before GS. I know they like to hang on to the SC guys as long as possible - just in case.

Question about "swapping with friends."

I tried to pickup a trip that puts me at 29:05 hrs. in 7 days. Per the contract we cannot pickup a trip that creates a FAR/PWA limitation within 1 hour.

My question: Does swapping with friends also apply for the 1 hour rule?

Thanks.

Airbus random question
 

My previous life was spent mainly in A300/310's. After the AA587 accident our DFDAU's were modified to send a message to the crew and MX anytime 0.15 lateral G was exceeded in flight.

Were the DAL/NW 320/330's also modified to automatically provide that alert ?

Thanks in advance.....

Nothing has changed contractually on the With conflict GS's. Its the same deal it always was. They drop the conflicting trip and pay you for both trips. Been that way since at least 1986. I once got a 2 day with conflict GS that dropped a 7 day trip. I kind of liked it!!!!!

Last time I got a GSWC, it paid time and a half for the one I flew and pay/no credit for the one I dropped. Yup... Express was a blast!

Not really. A lot of this is intra-Nigeria. Other countries often don't grant "cabatoge" rights within their own country. We also probably don't want to fly within Nigeria ourselves. This allows passengers from out of the way Nigerian cities to fly to Lagos or Abuja, and then get on our planes, so we can fly them the heck out of there. That is good for us. Same with the China Eastern deal, and others like Virgin Australia. We can't fly within their countries. Now, if we dump the LAX-SYD flight, that's another story. Most of the time, it works out for us. Sometimes, it does not. GOL in Brasil might have contributed to our losing Forteleza and Salvador de Bahia. Maybe.

Why the hell is the automated inverse assignment calls for A position going out to B position pilots tonight?

Nobody flies from HNL to China, yet. If they get one flight, then maybe we will also get a flight. China could probably support it. Hooking up with them may allow extra access to other cities, too. I know Hawaiian is anxious to get into that market too. I remember hearing that we wanted to try Maui to NRT nonstop on an 7ER, and they were flying ATL to OGG nonstop for a time, so it could work with the shorter runway there. Hopefully we will try that, and hopefully I will eventually get on the 7ER.

Bill,

Thanks for the perspective. Didn't know that.

Thanks!

Cheers,
ImTumbleweed