Schedule flexibility?
02-19-2018, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by TheWeatherman
lol, didn't realize it was him. Some strangely specific questions from this guy. Seems high maintenance.
02-19-2018, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by surfpilot1414
I meant like if you were awarded a 4 day trip that starts on the 27th of February, techinically the trip would run into March. Now if you can bid for a trip that starts March 1st for example those 2 trips would overlap. Would they pull the second trip if you had the seniority to be awarded that trip? Pardon my ignorance but what’s flica?
02-19-2018, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by FlyGood
Flica is the bidding software. If you have a carryover pairing it will see that and just not award you a trip that conflicts with the trip already on your schedule. So if your pairing carries over to the 2nd of the next month, any trip that operates on the first or second of the month might as well not exist to you. This can be used to your advantage if you’re on the edge of holding a line because you have a trip in the feb bid that carries, let’s say 11 credit hours into March, now you only need to find another 64 hours to get a line instead of the full 75. It can also hurt in some situations too. Just depends.
02-20-2018, 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by surfpilot1414
So every month you have to do at least 75 hrs of flying ?
However, while you bid for 75 (if you choose) the company may assign more depending upon needs, staffing and your relative seniority within your base.
02-20-2018, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Geardownflaps30
You must bid for at least 75 hours of credit, not necessarily 75 hrs block; trips don’t work that way with deadheads, min credit daily duty etc.
However, while you bid for 75 (if you choose) the company may assign more depending upon needs, staffing and your relative seniority within your base.
However, while you bid for 75 (if you choose) the company may assign more depending upon needs, staffing and your relative seniority within your base.
02-20-2018, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by aperfcrcle
lol, may?? I don't think I have ever been assigned a line with less than 85 hours of credit and I bid min credit every month. The only way you can get 75 hours is if someone takes a trip from you on the tradeboard because the company will not let you drop.
Not true at all. Look through the initial awards. There are plenty that are awarded 75 hours. Maybe those senior to you in your base bid 75 also, so by the time awards get to you in order to get the requisite avg time you’re forced to more hours.
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02-20-2018, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Geardownflaps30
You must bid for at least 75 hours of credit, not necessarily 75 hrs block; trips don’t work that way with deadheads, min credit daily duty etc.
However, while you bid for 75 (if you choose) the company may assign more depending upon needs, staffing and your relative seniority within your base.
However, while you bid for 75 (if you choose) the company may assign more depending upon needs, staffing and your relative seniority within your base.
02-20-2018, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Ni7irs
So, they can make you take more than the 75 hours? And you cant pay someone to take a trip for you?
Each base is required to have an AVG credit awarded, this is set by the company. The more senior you are in that base the better chance you are to get the amount of credit you want. That’s how seniority works. Now if people senior to you want more credit (more than the AVG set by the company) than some junior people can hold credit lower than that AVG. At all times the AVG for that base and seat must meet the AVG set by the company. So yes, the company can force more than 75. Many of our FOs naturally want more than the AVG set by the company.
To your second question, you can put any trips up on the trade board and incentivize others to take it. The logistics of which are up to you and whomever wants that trip.
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