Trip Trade
11-11-2010, 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by syd111
Does continental have a trip trade system? The one we have at ual is worthless. How does cal work their lca's? Is it just a windfall like it is here for a select few?
11-11-2010, 12:28 PM
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Just to clarify, a trip trade involving an Open Time trip is dependent on reserve coverage. A mutual trade between two pilots (can also be done over the computer) is only dependent on each pilots individual limits (30/7, etc).
You can advertise a whole pairing for straight pickup, a part of a pairing for pickup (must start and finish at base, ie. can't advertise IAH-XXX for pickup, must be IAH-XXX-IAH), or advertise a pairing for mutual trade.
You can advertise a whole pairing for straight pickup, a part of a pairing for pickup (must start and finish at base, ie. can't advertise IAH-XXX for pickup, must be IAH-XXX-IAH), or advertise a pairing for mutual trade.
11-11-2010, 03:56 PM
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Unless you are part of thr trip trading mafia that exists at CAL. If you are part of that group you have nothing to worry about. You have a band of brothers (most junior) picking up time and trading it amongst themselves. It's a sad situation. It needs to be taken care of with this contract.
11-13-2010, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by luv757
Just to clarify, a trip trade involving an Open Time trip is dependent on reserve coverage.
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Last edited by HercAC; 11-13-2010 at 03:08 PM.
11-14-2010, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by HercAC
FWIW, in my BES as the month goes on I find trips in open time are much better than what PBS gives me.
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, the quality of open time has plummeted. CAL's trip trading is pretty good on the whole. There rarely is reserve coverage so don't plan on using it to get extra time off. Sometimes when a hub gets whacked w/wx and the coverage plummets, I've used trip trading to go to work earlier in week in order to get weekend off. That being said you can set up Alerts on CCS that sends you a text the minute a trip falls in. That can make a huge difference in your pay check/QOL at the end of a month. As far as a windfall, well some guys literally have no life and are on their laptops within seconds of something going into open time. We have had a 'secret mafia' problem w/EWR 76 trips, but getting into it is not worth my brain cells.
11-14-2010, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by intrepidcv11
As far as a windfall, well some guys literally have no life and are on their laptops within seconds of something going into open time.
. Often, I'm on the computer and the BB calling scheduling concurrently trying to trade my PBS crap for something more palatable.
11-19-2010, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by syd111
Does continental have a trip trade system? The one we have at ual is worthless. How does cal work their lca's? Is it just a windfall like it is here for a select few?
Exactly how is it worthless?
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