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I was the plug on the 88B in ATL and after this conversion I'll be 90% on bigger better equipment(7ERB) in NY. And I get a raise! "What a Company!"- in my best Yakov Smirnoff impersonation which isn't really that good. Kinda like Harrison Ford's horrible Russian accent in K12 The Widowmaker.

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1098233)

I dropped to 89% in my category. :( My first year in ATL I moved up to 86% on the 767, and it's been nothing but backwards since then.

Yeah, it really stinks for a lot of us. 4 years ago, I was moving up as a junior Captain... adding more people below me with each AE. I was an ATL M88A with 34 below me in the category. Today, I'm displaced out of MEM. Can't even hold ATL M88A anymore. I have no idea what's going to happen when they displace the 100 or so Captains senior to me in MSP DC9A and DTW DC9A. I guess if I can't hold NYC M88A at that point, it's back to the right seat and another major setback in a career full of major setbacks.

Okay. [/WHINE] I just had to get that off my chest. Today marks the 22nd anniversary of when I was hired at TWA. I still absolutely love this job, but the career SUCKS! :(

Hey why do they build trips like a 7 day JFK-ACC-JFK with a 102 hour layover? Is it a marketing thing? Limited service by the 7er? Why have a 102 hour layover?

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1098273)

Hey why do they build trips like a 7 day JFK-ACC-JFK with a 102 hour layover? Is it a marketing thing? Limited service by the 7er? Why have a 102 hour layover?

It's too bad they don't give you 102 hour layovers in Iceland. You could go fishing

http://www.anglingiceland.is/media/e...ge/april_3.jpg

or play in those warm springs
http://www.picturestore.com.au/image.../BN21598_4.jpg

just like your buddy FTB.
http://www.photostaud.com/img/fotoga...goon-010.3.jpg

You may not be able to read the tattoo across my stomach but it says: "Do not operate weather radar in a hangar or within 50 feet of fueling operations or fuel spills."

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Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver (Post 1098272)

It's okay to vent. We are here for you. It's like an AA meeting.

http://iamhilarious.com/wp-content/u...aa-meeting.jpg

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1098273)

Hey why do they build trips like a 7 day JFK-ACC-JFK with a 102 hour layover? Is it a marketing thing? Limited service by the 7er? Why have a 102 hour layover?

Just guessing, but maybe they like having a few crews on "standby" over there just in case of an IROP, civil war, malaria outbreak, etc. :D

Let me know how it goes. I'll be enjoying my 9 hour SAV and BHM overnights on the stretch -9

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1098273)

Hey why do they build trips like a 7 day JFK-ACC-JFK with a 102 hour layover? Is it a marketing thing? Limited service by the 7er? Why have a 102 hour layover?

Anthony Bourdain said Accra was his favorite dining destination...in the world. He liked the beer, the "Chop Houses" and various other dining establishments. If you don't get malaria, we expect a full report.:D

Why aren't we buying the 737 MAX ?

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Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 1098132)

Well, the first question is: Were you an MD? You bid your vacation based on the category you are in when the vacation bids close. MD's keep their vacations from their previous category. If you are any thing else (AE/VD) you will have to rebid vacation when converted.

If you are converted on 31jan2012, depending on how many weeks vacation you have, you will bid them in January (unless you have more than 2 weeks). The relevant section of the contract is section 7. Here is part of it:

7. A pilot who:
a. converts into another category pursuant to:
1) an advance entitlement or voluntary displacement:
a) will be notified via DBMS to re-bid his unused vacation period(s) through the vacation move-up process.
b) will change any previously awarded and unused vacation period(s) through the vacation move-up process.
c) may be assigned an available vacation period, in inverse seniority order, if he does not change his previously awarded and unused vacation period(s) through the vacation move-up process.
2) a mandatory displacement, may retain his previously awarded unused vacation period(s).

Denny

Thanks Senor Crane,

I am an AE, converting to the new NYC 320 base in Feb, when they say it will (or might?) officially open. It looks to me like I will be one of the first to convert in the category, so I guess it doesn't matter a hill of beans. If I bid vacation in my old position, and have to rebid, I'll be at the top of the heap.

Secondary question: how much do you get paid if you are in training the entire month?

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1098205)

Take it to the DPA thread, guys.

We'll expect the same conscientiousness next time a college football gabfest breaks out here. :cool: