not smart enough to post a pic of Freddie

Funny, I seem to remember while furloughed from Delta and at Gemini Air Cargo, we flew as a subcontractor for FedEx using DC-10s.

OK.. thanks for the correction, but still.. the judge sez they can go in, but leave tents and sleeping bags at home.

Kalitta does "santa claus" flying each year as well with 747s.

AE question. As I look at the 'Count Pilots Holding a Preference for a Specific Category', I understand they are senior to me. Is that number only AE's or MD's as well? If the number of 'First Pref' pilots is higher than your projected seniority from the bottom of that category, is it hopeless to be awarded the AE?

AE's only. It does not count VD's or MD's and is effectively useless in a bid like this. Just bid percentages.

It's kind of useless like the number of reserves available page. It is only the number of AEs, not MDs. But.. it is not hopeless, because if those senior to you that have something as a choice have a restriction on their bid.. like reg only or top 50%, you might sneak in with a no restriction bid...

Or they could be on a category freeze and therefore ineligible even though they have a preference in. As the others have said, it's basically useless.

As the saying goes, bid what you want . . . . . .

Dude...that's not a Delta guy... and that's not a smart phone. It's obviously a JetBlue pilot... and he's rolling one!

Yeah, but this wasn't "seasonal" flying. This was year round flying between PR and Memphis, and into/out of China.