Bidding for max days off
#2
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Depends on your seniority. I was around #13 in DTW for a while on the FO side and max days off was usually 18 days off. We’re also using a new jepp program so the lines have been crap lately, in addition to flying picking up.
#3
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For ATL on the 200 FO right now they’re more short staffed so they did a “credit push” on the junior lineholder. Expect 12 off on reserve, 11 off as junior lineholder, 15 for mid seniority, up to 17 for senior.
Really though, it’s a moving target. Depends on how well your base and equipment are staffed. I’ll say this, the average Endeavor pilot credits about 5-5.5 hours a duty period which should get you 15-16 days off on average.
#4
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Solver lining
The Jepp solver actually increased efficiency and awarded extra days off (although it added additional DHDs)
The changes made as part of the Fire Breaks reduced days off. The Jepp solver is not the problem...
The changes made as part of the Fire Breaks reduced days off. The Jepp solver is not the problem...
#6
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That’s not what the PBS folks say, and the reduced days off occurred prior to the fire breaks starting.
#7
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If your question was how to bid it in PBS....
max days off
Avoid pairings
Then score them however you wish. Ideally max days off would be the highest scoring. Not 1000 though, it'll crush your other preferences. Avoid pairings will give you the fewest pairings possible. So ideally you'll end up with higher credit longer trips and more days off between.
Keep in mind that it'll change month to month because they set a "minimum credit threshold". This is the minimum amount of credit you can be awarded. In January it was really low, I held 21 days off. February 18....
List so of the things you want and email PBS they'll help you come up with a good scoring solution. If that's too much work, pm me and I'll give you my opinion. But the PBS guys generally know their stuff.
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max days off
Avoid pairings
Then score them however you wish. Ideally max days off would be the highest scoring. Not 1000 though, it'll crush your other preferences. Avoid pairings will give you the fewest pairings possible. So ideally you'll end up with higher credit longer trips and more days off between.
Keep in mind that it'll change month to month because they set a "minimum credit threshold". This is the minimum amount of credit you can be awarded. In January it was really low, I held 21 days off. February 18....
List so of the things you want and email PBS they'll help you come up with a good scoring solution. If that's too much work, pm me and I'll give you my opinion. But the PBS guys generally know their stuff.
[email protected]
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#8
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Yeah, for NYC900, it may have increased efficiency. But it also created a ton of 3+ hour outstation sits on the 200... I'm not convinced the new pairing solver is the reason that the issues in scheduling and IROPS have occured in NYC, leading us to this firebreak stuff.
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