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Old 10-17-2019 | 05:38 AM
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Just venting...but why would you pick up a trip with a report time in 1.5 hours @ 50%. Bus in EWR is negative everyday....
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Old 10-17-2019 | 05:45 AM
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Why wouldn’t you? Why does it bother you? Maybe if you wait you miss out.
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Old 10-17-2019 | 06:31 AM
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There is a dude in LAX that sets his min buffer time to 0hrs. Crazy. He must live in a tent on the airport.
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Old 10-17-2019 | 06:33 AM
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Ha! 50%? Sounds great. 756 FO’s love straight time pick ups. 50% would be amazing!
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Old 10-17-2019 | 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by PilotGR
Just venting...but why would you pick up a trip with a report time in 1.5 hours @ 50%. Bus in EWR is negative everyday....
To beat out the senior guy at 75%?

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There is a dude in LAX that sets his min buffer time to 0hrs. Crazy. He must live in a tent on the airport.
Actually he's in a '74 Dodge Monaco in the F lot.
It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks
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Old 10-17-2019 | 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by drywhitetoast
There is a dude in LAX that sets his min buffer time to 0hrs...
Probably spends his days at the airport, just waiting for the trip to drop. Self imposed FSB.
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Old 10-17-2019 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by 1257
To beat out the senior guy at 75%?



Actually he's in a '74 Dodge Monaco in the F lot.
It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks
It was a model built before catalytic converters, so it runs good on regular gas
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Old 10-17-2019 | 07:28 AM
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Also if he’s a reserve, then it’s a VDO and they only get 50%.
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Old 10-17-2019 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by PilotGR
Just venting...but why would you pick up a trip with a report time in 1.5 hours @ 50%. Bus in EWR is negative everyday....
How about letting people do what they want? If this person waited to 100%, it’s possible they wouldn’t have gotten it.
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Old 10-17-2019 | 08:17 AM
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It would be nice if we negotiated that premium trips are only 100%, which seems to be the way Delta does it.

(At least the contract provides candy bars in Ops. Glad we spent time negotiating that item).
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