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08-19-2007, 06:07 PM
#51
Indian Takeout Driver
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12 is doable if the off time is good... it's when (like my last job) you got 17-20 on and as little as 11 (sometimes less) off that you begin to wonder if you can do it for long, and your wife starts to loose it! I wonder what kind of block time the 10-12 day trips have?
08-19-2007, 06:11 PM
#53
Indian Takeout Driver
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Originally Posted by Flare Armed
Actually a couple junior guys got CVG M88B on this bid...6900something. Very surprising. A ton of long-deserved movement happening here.
08-20-2007, 01:57 PM
#54
Can't abide NAI
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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Anyone know what is going to happen to those who have dates at the schoolhouse and also have been awarded another type?
A bunch of folks bid off the MD88 to the ER and 737-800. Are they still going to send them through 88 school?
I'm on the fence and almost wishing I had remained on the 88 for quick seniority.
A bunch of folks bid off the MD88 to the ER and 737-800. Are they still going to send them through 88 school?
I'm on the fence and almost wishing I had remained on the 88 for quick seniority.
08-20-2007, 02:56 PM
#56
Happy to be here
Joined APC: Jun 2006
Position: A-320A
Posts: 18,563
To answer a few questions:
First, The nine and 12 day trips are being built to cover a lot a flying more efficiently. Some of it will be for the ATL crews so that they can cover the NYC flying that is going unbid. (The is from crew resources, and also why I did not bid it.)
Second, If you are awarded the 88 or 737 or and other type for that matter, and bid off of it on an AE, you have to complete the training on your initial aircraft. It has to do with the fact that the conversion dates go in order. IE someone junior will be trained last. Most of the junior guys and gals will not be trained until late fall at the earliest. The conversion window is six months long. It takes time to train someone, and they would rather get a few months out of you than have you sit.
First, The nine and 12 day trips are being built to cover a lot a flying more efficiently. Some of it will be for the ATL crews so that they can cover the NYC flying that is going unbid. (The is from crew resources, and also why I did not bid it.)
Second, If you are awarded the 88 or 737 or and other type for that matter, and bid off of it on an AE, you have to complete the training on your initial aircraft. It has to do with the fact that the conversion dates go in order. IE someone junior will be trained last. Most of the junior guys and gals will not be trained until late fall at the earliest. The conversion window is six months long. It takes time to train someone, and they would rather get a few months out of you than have you sit.
08-20-2007, 05:20 PM
#57
Can't abide NAI
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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Another (dumb) question. What if there is another bid in September? Can those who have not converted change their bid?
08-20-2007, 07:07 PM
#58
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2007
Position: 7ERA
Posts: 1,216
Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
Another (dumb) question. What if there is another bid in September? Can those who have not converted change their bid?
08-20-2007, 07:31 PM
#60
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2007
Position: 7ERA
Posts: 1,216
Originally Posted by LOBO
Can you still bid to a different base? Even if you haven't started training?
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