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Originally Posted by Delta1067 (Post 1119894)

How many reserve days can you wipe out with your yearly drop? Can you wipe out an entire stretch of 9 days of reserve? I'm guessing no but can't find anywhere where it says what the limit is.

You can drop up to 4 reserve days with your APD.

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Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1119883)

Does anyone know if there is a bus from the ATL training center to the airport?

If you walk over to the parking lots behind the museum hanger buses leave every 15 minutes or so. I find it more convienent than the hotel shuttle.

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Originally Posted by av8ohr (Post 1119898)

You can drop up to 4 reserve days with your APD.

That sucks. A widebody guy can wipe out his 11 day trip and I can only wipe out 4 days of reserve. Oh well :rolleyes:

Thanks for the info BYW

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Originally Posted by Delta1067 (Post 1119894)

How many reserve days can you wipe out with your yearly drop? Can you wipe out an entire stretch of 9 days of reserve? I'm guessing no but can't find anywhere where it says what the limit is.

Sounds like you are talking about your "Authorized Personal Drop" or APD. Pretty sure that, on reserve, you can APD up to 4 days. Just realize that you also lose the pay for them as well.

Denny

Edit: Oops! See that someone else already answered!

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Originally Posted by Brocc15 (Post 1119896)

Oh ok, so if this is still the case I will not be awarded the vacation. I am hoping to be reinstated on the next AE before having to ever go to training on the DC9. I thought maybe if I bid early april they would push my training back further, and I would then have a better shot.

When this happened to me I wanted to bid a week in April to get my kids spring break off. I bid it as primary vacation and, in years past I had gotten it with tertiary vacation, I did not get it. There was no training posted anywhere I could find. I called and found out that I was "scheduled" to go to training over that time even though I could not find it anywhere in DBMS. I was "scheduled" in the crew training schedule so that was good enough. Obviously I was ticked. Tried to pursue it but it went no where...... They claimed "past practice" but there had never been a mandatory displacement during vacation bidding before......

I never would have done this but I suppose some might but, at the time, the thought could have been to bid a week of vacation every month (Apr, May, June) and take 3 or 4 months off!! Training was over a month in duration those days!!:)

Denny

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Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 1119869)

What is the reason it says for not getting the PD? Can't remember which one but one of the PF keys will allow you to see the reason.

Alot of times, in the process of running the PCS, your category will drop below the required during the run when it comes to your turn but will end up with more by the end of the run.

Denny

Yes, the reason was "capped reserve days" but I didn't think it only ran through the list once. So if you ask for PD on 15 and it is not available as the run goes by you, but goes to +7 as it goes junior to you and someone junior gets that day off, it's "oh well"?

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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44 (Post 1119668)

I can't tell if the new reserve will be better for worse. I'll let you know in a few months. There are things on reserve that have definitely gotten better. One is being able to trade days off. The grouping requirements used to be a lot more strict.

How do we trade res days off?

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Originally Posted by Delta1067 (Post 1119914)

That sucks. A widebody guy can wipe out his 11 day trip and I can only wipe out 4 days of reserve. Oh well :rolleyes:

Thanks for the info BYW

Don't worry, you'll be senior someday.

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Originally Posted by UncleSam (Post 1119918)

Don't worry, you'll be junior someday.

:D

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Originally Posted by Elvis90 (Post 1119857)

Analyst estimates for DAL are 35 cents per share and $1.33 per share for the 4th quarter and calendar year respectively...equalling $290 million and $1.1 billion for the quarter/year.

Sweet-huge bonuses comin'

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Originally Posted by Columbia (Post 1119926)

Sweet-huge bonuses comin'

Being junior, I just monitor it for job security.