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So, Eskimo has a different system than we do. We also have PBS and NO conflict bidding. Since PBS takes in to account your vacation "pre-block" it'll build a schedule around it. Line or Reserve and will sometimes make lineholders out of junior reserves because of left-over flying for the month...

And that literally hoses middle seniority guys, basically, everyone junior to the ‘senior’ guy that bid the 5 most desirable weeks. And that’s exactly how my shop, your ex-shop, ended up with the system that we have now where your vacation is basically locked. But i’m sure that trading is...

At my shop, a "Cartel" is a group of pilots that collude with trip-trading, both from the "trading board" and "open trips." They will pick trips up, trade them between each other, hold them for their fellow cartel members, and basically use their schedules like a giant Mutual Fund and the trips...

My own Mom, who knows that I've done a bunch of volunteering and has listened to more than her fair share of Pilot-Labor Relations stories from me. Including about how I've attended a ton of info picketing events, a lot of technical stuff about comms because she was around playing with my kids...

They are too busy working the system to their benefit doing whatever SWA calls "green slips" - premium, double time, etc. Don't want to upset the apple-cart of (redacted) to their (redacted) selfish benefit. The whole system is already skewed against labor because of the limitations of the RLA...

Answering any inquiry with any off season sport question... "Is that a Football team?" and any variation of this much guarantees peaceful silence in the flight deck for the rest of the trip: Bonus points if you bring manuals and figurines. Heck, if pilots can carry around all manners of...

I think that's fine. But, then again, I do mostly pink/red eyes followed by a day sleep. And it's kinda understood that the 11 hours following that is 'alone recovery time.' Either way, my usual brief is as follows: "What's your digits in case our outbound is T.U. and we have to change the van...

That's why we need to blame the boomers for dropping the ball on this one. ;)

This was probably the briefest of responses that I could have come up with. And very "IMHO." Not that I'm advocating for a change in the rules today when I'm past the far turn of my own career. It's just a very front and center problem since deregulation... And by that I mean, the system was...

Union politics, a failure to address the problem with an appropriate cutover date in the future (for instance 20 years?) for adequate preparation and contractual catch up, and honestly individual selfishness that derives from the single-airline-seniority driven system. (I got MINE) PIlots all...

Reminds me of this:

Just to bump this back up again I was just in SFO this week... got all the numbers, briefed the runway, the possibility of the other, and my FO got an earful of all of the highlights of this thread. No real line, just 2 others... We got to the end: "Do you have the numbers loaded for 28R."...

Curious about this also. Most of the Southern folks I know from the old days have either retired or I don't really interact with them except via passive-facebook.

Hypothetically, there is someone out there that looks a lot like me that gets a lot of medicals on particular segments. What those segments may or may not have in common is the origin… maybe it’s a popular cruise port or a city where you may have lost some wages… The common thread is a passenger...

This thread keeps going around and around and around in circles. I think the real lesson is that it’s our jobs to slow down and make time when needed. We are paid to pump the brakes in the name of safety and it’s things like this, and the other 5000 ASAPable things we see on the road, that...

Nope. And dude, how are we ‘overpaid’ - living like we do in SoCal. Where a 1100 sq ft. starter house is $600k and was built before anyone heard of the Beatles. Oh, look, that’s weird - there’s an elephant in the sky. Then the AI flies right into a TS. Or through moderate turbulence. Or...

As an aside the greatest (most juvenile) waypoint names are on Q438, East to West... the 1st two when you cross into Toronto center. Then the first two when you cross back into the US with Cleveland.

Just looked at the Q routes... kinda looks like what we've all been doing all along without having to get assigned direct ILM after the SoFlo departure gate then direct SLT or SWL... the (what looks like) 3 parallel tracks both inland and through JAX center over the water look like they will...

Unless you are Clay Lacy.

I was about to post exactly the same thing under a "Oh, LGA" thread title. Beat me to the punch.

I recently got a targeted ad for "tactical flip flops." Because, this will not stand you know, this aggression will not stand without comfy open toed footwear! Casino must have been on in the TSA breakroom yesterday.

I'm confused... the In-N-Out is off Ventu Park. (I live in N.P., off of Wendy Drive... and used to live over by Wilber by the pool school off of Galsworthy.) Did their used to be ANOTHER In-N-Out in town by the Janss Mall?

It is! Hand the roll of paper to the FO and…. (In all seriousness, I do find it easier to load from the left vs the right. Something about the angle…)

Age 67, maybe... 1500 Hr. rule - not a chance. Let the training pipeline catch up... and once we go around the sun maybe 6-8 more times the 'pilot shortage' will be good for maybe another generation. The seniority 'stagnation' compared to right now (at the legacies) in the 2030's is gonna be...

I’m partial to the Pro EFB Canadian Ice Cooler. It’s the mullet of cooler bags. Junk in the front, food in the rear. Party on the flight deck or something like that. I can usually carry 3 days worth of food stuff (or a couple of giant iced tea bottles and microwave meals for an red...

I haven’t even been close in predicting what’s even on the bingo card of crazy circumstances, let alone what’s going to get actually pulled out of the basket and called. A world where having a ‘dream career’ at an ACMI might be in our future for all we know. To the OP, I will give the advice...

I asked ChatGPT to make one for you and then I had it make it more scammy and desperate, because bored on a Saturday... I love the future... enjoy:

If I am a molecule of fuel, then I have free will. And I am not going anywhere. I didn't survive the last 60 million years after my life as Tommy T.Rex, survived the temperature and pressure of being refined at Camp Chevron El Segundo, to sacrifice myself so that a bunch of ungrateful flip-flop...

By chance can you change his username to Form 8010?

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I’ve had a few. One JSer and a few doing their annual rides. Great experiences every time. Even though I do mostly red eye transcons vs. NE day turns now a days, the more the merrier. Bring the gossip. And let’s have some good conversations about our jobs and such and perspectives. And...

It's both a great and an awful idea. Let's go to the instant replay... my 1st job interview. Colgan. Aced the HR part... got into the full motion 1900 sim and I stunk up that check so hard that they should have done a full COVID-decontam of the thing afterwards. Couple of months later got...

It doesn't. The closest thing is a QC-35 with the aftermarket mic rig... the QC-45 would have been perfect, but for the 'side tone'/echo issue. I was really hoping that the new Bose would address all these issues. Nope. (Why was the 45's perfect... USB-C, battery life) Airbus pilots want what I...

Where did you get your custom ear molds. That’s my next ‘headset project’ for my proflight 2?

So, my QC-25 aftermarket rig kinda bit the dust. So, tried to go with ProFlight2 X - whatever. Right when the trial period was up... they announced these. Anger. Much anger ensued. I figured... they finally listened. Give the Airline guys the headset we've al been asking for. Something for the...

1) Jumpseating/Riding in "uniform": When going to/from work I just found it easier to wear my uniform. I'd be on my own metal 95% of the time so it really didn't matter. It's really a personal preference. I'm just really lazy and am not gonna bother to change if I don't have to. 2) Baggage...

Go to the regional, get the ATP, then go right to a ULCC or a legacy. (Or go to a Major.) Don't pass GO, collect more than $200, in fact make a bunch of scratch for the rest of your career. Enjoy the anonymity. The majors/legacies are hiring people straight out of IOE almost at the regionals...

Honestly, not much you can do. Me, I do a long shower afterwards. Blow air in my face from the eyeball vent (next to the speaker in the Bus) when I'm in the sim. Maybe an outdoor walk. Lay down for a bit, drink a soda. (I usually have a soda during the brief and after. I'll keep it on the table...

I think that the problem is your inner ear/brain knows you aren't going anywhere. I used to look down/close my eyes occasionally to mitigate my brain KNOWING I'm in an aircraft version of Star Tours. Not an option now that I've been sitting on the left for these last 8 years, I just taxi nice...