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01-01-2022 | 10:40 AM

#341

Zard

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Yep, blanks still pay at least guarantee.

01-01-2022 | 10:43 AM

#342

Spark

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Blanks can be exceptionally good if you get the top 5 or so. I’ve seen them with the last week and a half of December off, etc…
No guarantees though.

01-01-2022 | 10:45 AM

#343

at6d

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Benefit for junior pilots—if you can hold a blank line, you may end up with several trips you can ELITT (company trade).

01-01-2022 | 10:59 AM

#344

asolo

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Quote:

Originally Posted by v1vrrotatev2

Just curious if anyone in here has been moved into the 1/11 new hire class date that was created late this week. I moved up from the 1/25 and in contact with a couple of others that were offered the opportunity as well. Sounds like this class will be small. Not quite sure why it was added but glad to have the opportunity.

i was moved up from 3/8 class date to 1/11. Looks like I have much more studying to do in the next week or so. Excited to get started

01-01-2022 | 11:53 AM

#345

v1vrrotatev2

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Quote:

Originally Posted by asolo

i was moved up from 3/8 class date to 1/11. Looks like I have much more studying to do in the next week or so. Excited to get started

That’s a big jump. Congrats. Check PM

01-01-2022 | 11:53 AM

#346

at6d

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From: B737 Left Seat

Quote:

Originally Posted by asolo

i was moved up from 3/8 class date to 1/11. Looks like I have much more studying to do in the next week or so. Excited to get started

Slow your roll! You will have a lot of time to review stuff over and over and over. Enjoy time with your family until then. Congrats on the move up—even one class earlier will pay seniority dividends.

01-01-2022 | 12:00 PM

#347

MystereFlyer

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From: Finally have a schedule!

Quote:

Originally Posted by v1vrrotatev2

I'm really hoping to move up from 3/15 to the 1/25 class. Maybe you opened up a spot!! Congrats on getting in sooner!

01-01-2022 | 12:40 PM

#348

usernamehere

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Joined: Mar 2017

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Originally Posted by Caveman;[url=tel:3345195

3345195[/url]]1.Trips drop that touch a vacation week. Credit for a vacay week is 26.25tfp + value of trip dropped.

nice response! Just small correction - 26.25 tfp OR value of trips dropped whichever is greater. So you drop two trips on either end and 40+ tfp for a vacation week isn’t hard. There’s some third party software that helps pick lines for vacation months for what you want.

01-01-2022 | 01:02 PM

#349

e6bpilot

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Spark

Blanks can be exceptionally good if you get the top 5 or so. I’ve seen them with the last week and a half of December off, etc…
No guarantees though.

That's true until it isn't. I can consistently hold the top 3-4 blanks and so there was a period of time where I was bidding them frequently.

Sometime last year, planning decided to cut the number of blanks, increase the number of reserves, and absolutely pack the blanks with flying. They were all 80 plus blocking, max flying day trips that bled over into weekends and monthly overlap.

I was the number two blank and I could have basically spun a wheel and bid the number that came up and the result was basically the same.

They just increased the available reserves again in November through March, resulting in basically the same thing, but now it is spread around to hard lines as well.