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03-05-2019, 05:46 AM
#33
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Originally Posted by Steelship123
Have the reserve rules or reserve situation improved at all since the last TA passed? Everything bad I see about it was posted last summer or earlier.
03-05-2019, 07:54 AM
#35
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Originally Posted by Erj135dude
Why is that?
03-05-2019, 07:58 AM
#36
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Posts: 417
Originally Posted by word302
The new bidding system. You bid for days off instead of hard lines. Junior guys end up getting nothing that they bid for. The computer loves to dole out 5 on 2 off lines to the bottom third of reserves.
I suspect it depends heavily on the base, too - MSP and ORD are going to be different than FAT or PSP. Does that seem right?
03-05-2019, 09:19 AM
#37
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Joined APC: Dec 2016
Posts: 61
No, it sucks.
True, you can bid for days off like the example given, but you’ll also be given weeks of 5/2...we don’t have 5 day trips so what’s the point. In addition the 5/2 assignments make it impossible to pick up any open time. Reserve sucks(Feb. 2017 hire) in a shrinking base.
Originally Posted by bradthepilot
As a recent hire (June 2018), it's not always quite as bad as that - it just depends what you want. I needed Tuesdays off to meet with a client, for example, and have always been able to get that. I've also only had one instance where I wanted another day off but couldn't get it.
I suspect it depends heavily on the base, too - MSP and ORD are going to be different than FAT or PSP. Does that seem right?
I suspect it depends heavily on the base, too - MSP and ORD are going to be different than FAT or PSP. Does that seem right?
03-05-2019, 10:14 AM
#38
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Posts: 417
Originally Posted by RickRoss
True, you can bid for days off like the example given, but you’ll also be given weeks of 5/2...we don’t have 5 day trips so what’s the point. In addition the 5/2 assignments make it impossible to pick up any open time. Reserve sucks(Feb. 2017 hire) in a shrinking base.
03-05-2019, 12:22 PM
#39
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Position: 737 FO
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Originally Posted by bradthepilot
As a recent hire (June 2018), it's not always quite as bad as that - it just depends what you want. I needed Tuesdays off to meet with a client, for example, and have always been able to get that. I've also only had one instance where I wanted another day off but couldn't get it.
I suspect it depends heavily on the base, too - MSP and ORD are going to be different than FAT or PSP. Does that seem right?
I suspect it depends heavily on the base, too - MSP and ORD are going to be different than FAT or PSP. Does that seem right?
03-05-2019, 12:32 PM
#40
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Originally Posted by word302
Again, where are you at seniority-wise in relation to other reserves in your base? I'm guessing not in the bottom third after 9 months in Minnie. So you didn't really read what I wrote. You also weren't here for hard lines which never beat on the junior guys so badly.
You wrote...
Junior guys end up getting nothing that they bid for.
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