luke3 , 02-06-2020 01:57 PM
Gets Weekends Off
The new Line Bidding System basically invalidates all that has been said here so far about schedules. They will be vastly different from now on. Rotation schedules like 8 on-6 off are no longer going to be the bread and butter of the company. The majority of the new schedules offered by the new system are combinations of 2/3/4 days on and 2/3/4 days off with random patterns, all daytrips starting and returning in base. There are still a handful of 8-6 lines that are commutable, but they now represent about 30% of the schedules. If bidding the short lines you will know exactly what legs you will be flying each day for the entire month. The 8-6 lines are reserve lines, that will be filled manually with any open time left over from the bid package and/or reserve days as needed. That will be like the current setup where you don't know what you're flying until a few days out. Bidding is now monthly instead of 56 day cycles. For those that plan on commuting or like rotational schedules, know that they are still available, but since they are the minority now it will take some seniority to hold instead of being almost automatic right out of training. Seniority for bidding is now determined by base seniority instead of overall seniority.