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Old 07-10-2017, 08:18 AM
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Thanks for the info.
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Old 07-10-2017, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by pilotpayne View Post
First we do not have proper allocation and distribution of vacation.
(Think they put it all in October)
There are very few slots in the summer or any of the major holidays.
There are no rounds.
They start from the top and you pick as much as you can hold(pto hours is what we use for vacation)
After the first guy gets everything he wants it is on to the next.
So with this system you need to be super senior to get anything good.


Imho after we fix distribution and allocation we should bid in rounds.

First round pick 2 weeks.
Next guy picks 2
And all the way down the list.

Round 2 pick 2 weeks
Start at the top and go down.

The current system where the top guy can take everything is total BS.
(And yes I would think that if I was the top guy.)

It's complete crap!
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Old 07-10-2017, 09:26 AM
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It's complete crap!
Yes it is and some guys don't want to do the round bidding. They think that is fine just fix allocation and distribution.
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Old 07-10-2017, 10:07 AM
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Yes it is and some guys don't want to do the round bidding. They think that is fine just fix allocation and distribution.
Those guys are a$ $holes. No vote unless its fixed.
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Old 07-10-2017, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by pilotpayne View Post
Yes it is and some guys don't want to do the round bidding. They think that is fine just fix allocation and distribution.
Well derrrr.... Why would I want to change the way vacation is bid. I get to bid 7 weeks all at once. I get all the holidays and weekends off I could desire so I can pick up more RSA to help out. I mean look at my rainmaker man, I credit 138 hrs a month.
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Old 07-10-2017, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by CaptCoolHand View Post
Well derrrr.... Why would I want to change the way vacation is bid. I get to bid 7 weeks all at once. I get all the holidays and weekends off I could desire so I can pick up more RSA to help out. I mean look at my rainmaker man, I credit 138 hrs a month.
Bingo.

I can't imagine it won't be changed to some kind of round bidding.
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Old 07-10-2017, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by pilotpayne View Post
Bingo.

I can't imagine it won't be changed to some kind of round bidding.
You guys ever make it to ACK the other day?
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Old 07-10-2017, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by CaptCoolHand View Post
You guys ever make it to ACK the other day?
Ha....nope.

They were like ok now you are going to do a LGA turn which gets done earlier......cool.

We swap with the other crew because they would timeout. Pax on the plane bam LGA ground stop. Sit for an hour and everyone's phone goes off flight cx.......cool

Now we are sent to do a Tampa overnight DH back the next day.

Ended up being 10 extra hours at 190%

I was shocked how fast they were moving us around.
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Old 07-10-2017, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by pilotpayne View Post
Ha....nope.

They were like ok now you are going to do a LGA turn which gets done earlier......cool.

We swap with the other crew because they would timeout. Pax on the plane bam LGA ground stop. Sit for an hour and everyone's phone goes off flight cx.......cool

Now we are sent to do a Tampa overnight DH back the next day.

Ended up being 10 extra hours at 190%

I was shocked how fast they were moving us around.
I got an EMA to DH to Port Au Prince. Then a DH right back to JFK. I'm out of movies to watch.
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Old 07-10-2017, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Std Deviation View Post
I got an EMA to DH to Port Au Prince. Then a DH right back to JFK. I'm out of movies to watch.
The one good thing about our "work rules" is when things go to crap you can make a bunch of money. I was just doing rsv the next day anyway so I didn't care.
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