f16grinder

April 14 Interview

CJO today!!

3500 TPIC

Military Background 22 Years Aviation, 4 prior enlisted

11 folks interviewed, 3 TBNT, 7 CJOs, and 1 delayed to next DB.

Best of luck to those with applications in and interviews pending!!


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howardhughes8

A couple of questions:

1) How easy is it to credit 110+ TFP per month once a lineholder?
2) Does the company pay for parking at your domicile?
3) How easy is it to drop trip at domicile to pick up at another?

Woodbourne23

1) 110 is fairly easy. I averaged 115 last year.

2) hell no. It's expensive and as you will learn, this company is cheap. We are not asking for parking in section 6. Yet

3) dropping is very difficult as an fo. They will feed you the " you can get rid of your whole schedule" crap. It's a lie. The only fo s who can give away to other pilots are the super senior or an occasional mid week trip. As someone on here stated, weekend trips are like herpes.

CODs4ever

Congrats! I was in Dallas yesterday when Rocky said they were having the DB for your group that same afternoon. Ours is supposed to be in three weeks.

Stitches

There's more than one way to drop a drop a trip. Many of the guys who complain they can't get rid of anything rely solely on trip give away. There are lots of low seniority guys who are adept at clearing their boards but it takes some work and knowledge of the contract. It's easier if you're based in a domicile where lots of guys live like Phx & Dal.

ZapBrannigan

Well geez! Don't keep it a secret! I live in one of those domiciles and I'd like to know how to get rid of a weekend trip!

e6bpilot

I have had good luck via elitt and overlap corrections in getting rid of duty periods. In March I think I was down 5 days just using those two methods. Of course, I had to pick up flying to make up for it, but always better to do that on your terms than theirs.
I find giveaway to be pretty much useless unless the trip is high paying. 19.5 3 days are a dime a dozen in there, even on weekdays. I have 3 weekday trips in giveaway right now and nobody has touched them.
I have flown with guys who split trips in commuter cities and give them away that way. The problem is, you have to be willing to go to that commuter city and start/end a trip there if your plan doesn't work.
Next month I got rid of all my weekend flying except one Sunday via elitt. Having the 25th off and having a line is key.

ZapBrannigan

What do you do with overlap corrections?

e6bpilot

I usually keep EOM overlap days open if I can. Once my line is awarded but not yet on my board, I will attempt to elitt into a trip that does not pass through my domicile and overlaps my first trip of the month. They will generally pull the entire first trip, although I have had them only do a partial pull. Either way they will pull duty periods and leave you with elittable trips. Key here also is to adjust your bids so that your first trip of the month doesn't pass through domicile.
You can do the same with TTGA if there is nothing in elitt.
The kicker is if you don't like their solution, you can either tell them to pack sand and that you will fix it yourself or you can just fly the lead out pairing and have them pull the lead in. Either way it is a win in my opinion. This is one of the few areas where pilots actually have an advantage over the schedules cartel.
Works for reserves too. Pick up something in TTGA and they will pull reserve days. The only negative is that they will still leave reserve remaining at the end. The goal for reserve is to end up with a 1 or 2 day reserve block that someone will gladly pick up from you vs. a 4 day block.
The key here is that knowing the contract, being off for the open of elitt, and being willing to spend a few hours hustling can greatly improve your QOL if you are a junior lineholder like us.

tailpilot

Has anybody been called for an interview in the last couple of weeks? My fingers are bleeding from checking my email every minute......I missed the email last month for the new window and didn't get my SWA app filled out till about 4 days ago. Hope to hear something this year.

8500+TT
3000+ TPIC
121 experience
most of my time is Jet/Turbine
currently flying corporate as captain
no military
and the kicker......Associates degree only:roll eyes: Started online classes to work toward BA