aircraftdriver

With the new contract, what is the vacation schedule for a newbie and on.

Also, is the 18 day on schedule a sure thing to get each month?

Thanks!

NetJets_DA2Easy

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jtf560

Schedules are bid 3 times a year now and only one fleet had pilots unable to hold the 18 day schedule- overall about 20 percent of the pilots are on the 18 day schedule and up to 40 percent are allowed to hold it, but it goes by fleet and the Encore + fleet filled it up.

skyward80

jtf560:

Is that because so many new hires have gone into the Encore? I imagine if that's the case, new hires would want the 18-day schedule to make up for the lower pay in year 1 on the other schedules.

Is there a percentage cap for the 15 day flex or 7/7 schedule?

Skyward80

jtf560

I don't think that many new hires have gone to the Encore + yet- it's still very new and we only have 2 or 3 so far. I believe all the pilots who were unable to get the 18 day schedule were captains. I personally do the 18 day schedule for the money, but I prefer the 7 and 7. The first year 7 and 7 pay is still higher than just about any other first year job out there. The 15 day flex has a 10 percent by fleet cap and can be junior assigned into, but they didn't force 10 percent on every fleet. The 7 and 7 is the default schedule since 18 day is only voluntary or for training and the the 15 day is limited to 10 percent (and didn't get quite there). The union pretty much wanted to guarentee that 7 and 7 is available for almost everyone who wants it. The company was hoping for more pilots to take the 18 day (don't have to hire as many pilots if more people work more days). My hope (fairly slim odds) is that they do another IBB that throws more money into the 18 day schedule to entice more pilots onto it. It only pays about 2 percent over the 7 and 7 daily rate and at first they were saying that it would pay at extended day rate for each day each day over the 7 and 7 15 day a month average. Unfortunately they didn't make that happen, but I think they would definitely get closer to the 40 percent if they threw some more money out there.