Peak-trips
11-27-2016 | 07:09 PM
#21
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I understand what you are saying and I do all of that and am closer to 35%.
If you did the same type of savings in the mil, (i.e. $53K plus) and took that out of your take home pay plus federal, state, SS, and medicare tax, I bet you would be over 50%. Just taking out the $53k from an O-5 would be about 30%.
If you did the same type of savings in the mil, (i.e. $53K plus) and took that out of your take home pay plus federal, state, SS, and medicare tax, I bet you would be over 50%. Just taking out the $53k from an O-5 would be about 30%.
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11-28-2016 | 10:52 AM
#22
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From: Freight Dawg
First peak season here for me...
With all the "all hands on deck" emails and hoorah I've been hearing about, I would have thought that there would be some AVA. But alas, not available for your seat within the next 7 days.
With all the "all hands on deck" emails and hoorah I've been hearing about, I would have thought that there would be some AVA. But alas, not available for your seat within the next 7 days.
11-28-2016 | 12:16 PM
#23
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I know, it's weird. It seems we may be overstaffed in a number of seats, even in December, yet we're still hiring like crazy. I realize there are many retirements coming up, however things will massively slow in January. Not turned down for insufficient reserves, even around the holidays. Any halfway decent trip that opens up, even crap ones...gone. No AVA yet. I like the flexibility, but trying to fill my schedule over peak seems unnatural.
11-29-2016 | 05:04 AM
#24
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I know, it's weird. It seems we may be overstaffed in a number of seats, even in December, yet we're still hiring like crazy. I realize there are many retirements coming up, however things will massively slow in January. Not turned down for insufficient reserves, even around the holidays. Any halfway decent trip that opens up, even crap ones...gone. No AVA yet. I like the flexibility, but trying to fill my schedule over peak seems unnatural.
Before CBA 2015, guys were retiring around October IIRC (is it 10 months that gets you the full vacation for the following year paid at retirement?). Now, guys will stay until December 31. The company won by getting great staffing projections, and we won by getting to work our a$$ off during our last year(s), if we want a percentage of our earned sick time paid back in cash.
I'm all for the airline being properly staffed (now that negotiations are over), but IMO we got so little in return for what we gave with the SLB. "But at least we get to keep the pay rates moving forward - and we can revisit this in 2021" as I've heard before.
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11-29-2016 | 11:52 AM
#25
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Maybe it is the SLB, gotta be a reason for it, sounds like as good an explanation as any. Guys who would normally be utilizing their sick bank not using it and picking up more trips instead. Way to decrease your lifespan even more. I'm kind of amazed at some of the crap I see even senior pilots flying. Maybe that will simmer down when the weather starts to get ugly.
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