Staging
04-30-2017, 06:25 PM
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Staging
Is there somewhere in VIPS (or elsewhere) to see how many people claim an airport as their staging airport?
People talk about certain locations tougher than others and I wanted to see how a possible move may affect my commuting QOL.
Thanks for any leads or insights!
SF
People talk about certain locations tougher than others and I wanted to see how a possible move may affect my commuting QOL.
Thanks for any leads or insights!
SF
05-01-2017, 05:13 AM
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Many years ago I was a new hire on Reserve. I had time to waste, I called up Crew Scheduling and asked if I could stop by and introduce myself.
I did ... among the interesting things I learned was that they were able to look up the airport I commuted from and see how many other people commuted from there also (I suspect their program allowed them to look for how many people lived within X miles of ABC airport). Sometimes they need a replacement on short notice.
Can they still do that? I don't know but it would be an easy phone call before they start their daily routine.
MM
Many years ago I was a new hire on Reserve. I had time to waste, I called up Crew Scheduling and asked if I could stop by and introduce myself.
I did ... among the interesting things I learned was that they were able to look up the airport I commuted from and see how many other people commuted from there also (I suspect their program allowed them to look for how many people lived within X miles of ABC airport). Sometimes they need a replacement on short notice.
Can they still do that? I don't know but it would be an easy phone call before they start their daily routine.
MM
05-01-2017, 07:27 AM
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Do people still click "staging" when booking a j/s? A while back guidance from the CP was to use "business" when commuting or using the j/s for a DH. I don't know if the priority is different, but one difference between staging and business, if I remember correctly, is you have to cancel a staging j/s at least 6 hours prior and biz is only 2 hours.
05-01-2017, 07:37 AM
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business has a higher priority
in theory, only 'staging' is protected if you meet the contractual limits
in practice, a prior SCP said would be hard to drop the hammer on someone js'ing in on a status other than staging if they met the same contractual limits.
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if my JS is delayed I give scheduling a call, if it's ops emergency tends to be a don't sweat it. if it's not, then I still figure it's their call, but I don't want them blindsided if I don't meet my 0130 checkin
in theory, only 'staging' is protected if you meet the contractual limits
in practice, a prior SCP said would be hard to drop the hammer on someone js'ing in on a status other than staging if they met the same contractual limits.
ITRW-
if my JS is delayed I give scheduling a call, if it's ops emergency tends to be a don't sweat it. if it's not, then I still figure it's their call, but I don't want them blindsided if I don't meet my 0130 checkin
05-01-2017, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by kronan
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if my JS is delayed I give scheduling a call, if it's ops emergency tends to be a don't sweat it. if it's not, then I still figure it's their call, but I don't want them blindsided if I don't meet my 0130 checkin
if my JS is delayed I give scheduling a call, if it's ops emergency tends to be a don't sweat it. if it's not, then I still figure it's their call, but I don't want them blindsided if I don't meet my 0130 checkin
05-01-2017, 07:56 AM
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on the way home,
always business
higher priority so if there's an equipment change I don't lose out to the occasional suit listed
always business when I'm heading to work from a temp location
always business when I hope to trade off/drop a less than stellar trip. that way if I forget to cancel my js, have more time to do so without being lectured by js admin (not a Denver commuter and the js is seldom full for me)
staging when I know I am going to fly and no worries about being bumped
always business
higher priority so if there's an equipment change I don't lose out to the occasional suit listed
always business when I'm heading to work from a temp location
always business when I hope to trade off/drop a less than stellar trip. that way if I forget to cancel my js, have more time to do so without being lectured by js admin (not a Denver commuter and the js is seldom full for me)
staging when I know I am going to fly and no worries about being bumped
05-01-2017, 08:11 AM
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Wow. You've given this some thought. I'd be very surprised if booking status was even a minor consideration applying the j/s protection, but can't hurt I guess. I rarely use our own j/s to get to MEM for 777 trips (usually off-line), so I'm mostly going home on it. Either way I've always used biz status since that CP email.
05-01-2017, 09:22 AM
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Doesn't business bump staging outside of the shot term? I had a j/s scheduler tell me when I called to get a seat that I was going to bump a staging employee if I continued with business. I found another way to work that night since I was last to the feeding trough.
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