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05-18-2023 | 04:25 PM

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RJSAviator76

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Originally Posted by Black Coffee

why are you using 100. My contract says differently, and I don't pick up.

Do you also dodge JA’s, reroutes, diverts, move-ups too?

My… one should be so lucky.

05-18-2023 | 07:07 PM

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WHACKMASTER

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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76

Do you also dodge JA’s, reroutes, diverts, move-ups too?

My… one should be so lucky.

Dodge them?! Hell, I pray for them. Chaos is cash baby!!!

05-18-2023 | 08:59 PM

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CA1900

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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER

Dodge them?! Hell, I pray for them. Chaos is cash baby!!!

Damn right!

I also put a GDO after my most-likely-to-get-screwed-up east coast trip, and it has paid off handsomely for me a couple times.

05-18-2023 | 10:18 PM

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at6d

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Originally Posted by Black Coffee

why are you using 100. My contract says differently, and I don't pick up.

I didn’t pick up either, and that’s a good number.

05-19-2023 | 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by CA1900

Damn right!

I also put a GDO after my most-likely-to-get-screwed-up east coast trip, and it has paid off handsomely for me a couple times.

Random off topic here, but what happens if I add a GDO on the first day of a reserve block that was already awarded? Do they remove that day? Am I likely to be called last? Does it do nothing to add a GDO because the block is already on my board?

05-19-2023 | 04:15 AM

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The GDO really only does 2 things. First, it will move you to the end of the list of available Pilots eligible to be junior assigned on a day off. Second, if you do get junior assigned, you can decline or accept and get an additional 6.5 tfp on top of whatever the flying credit pays.

It will not prevent you from being junior assigned, and it does absolutely nothing if you place it on a day you already have flying or reserve.

05-19-2023 | 04:37 AM

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Smooth at FL450

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Coffee

why are you using 100. My contract says differently, and I don't pick up.

because the only way to just make line guarantee around here is to call out sick for the entire month.

05-19-2023 | 11:34 AM

#18

Black Coffee

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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76

Do you also dodge JA’s, reroutes, diverts, move-ups too?

My… one should be so lucky.

I fly AM's, so there is no move up. I can't remember the last time I was JA'd. Last summer I snuck off the airplane twice before the agent could get me. I had 4 voicemails from scheduling each time. I think a lot of guys like JA's, I am not one of them. I'd rather be home than spend more time in the circus.

05-19-2023 | 01:16 PM

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Smooth at FL450

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Originally Posted by Black Coffee

So you're familiar then how easy it is to get higher than line guarantee just by showing up.

05-19-2023 | 01:20 PM

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CA1900

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Coffee

I think a lot of guys like JA's, I am not one of them. I'd rather be home than spend more time in the circus.

For me it varies, which is why I really wish we had a "Fly/Pass JA" option we could set as desired. Nothing planned and I was planning to pick something up anyway? Sign me up, I'll get more money for it. Got something planned at home? Then leave me alone on my day off. Let me choose. Or add "no JA" days like GDOs, and let me place as many as I want every month.

Spirit makes a ton of money without JAs and with allowing trip drops to the company. We can too.