February '10 Bid's Strategy in Bidding and The Christmas Tree

I didn't do anything out of the ordinary this month. I bid for one day off, Saturday the 13th which is Bailey's birthday party. She'll be two this year. I bid pairings in my first and second layer and left the rest to criteria. We'll see how that works out. I decided this month to not bid a target credit range because of the lack of hours I received. With any luck, bidding max credit by itself will do the trick. Also with the removal of so many locals this month, I didn't bid any. My layer 7, with no locals and criteria still account for 47.2% of the total COS trips. Bidding restrictive like that is a bit of a gamble however, it has worked for me in the past. We should see the results tonight!

February '10 Bid's Nuts and Bolts

At this point it looks as though I am writing this blog for me, myself, and I. Nevertheless, this blog is secure and I'll continue to chronicle my bidding even if I am the only reader, which isn't a bad deal. I'm trying to educate myself after all!

January was a bleak month for me. I wasn't even awarded 82 hours. It looks as though February could show a little promise, but not much. At first glance we again have a seasonal reduction in flying; However, with the outbound transfers of a few COS FA's we are at a C package this month. Maybe that will help, but I am not confident. I am still moving up in the seniority list too so this summer does look promising. This month I am number 36 of 65 (55.4%) in COS.

This shows my progression on seniority in COS. While I don't have the numbers of what the domicile held during these months, I do have my bid package seniority and my company seniority which tell an interesting story of attrition.








Here's the Nut and Bolts for February.

For February we have 352 total trips. 

142 are on the CRJ200

210 of those are on the CRJ700

Pairing lengths for February include,

107 Locals
67 Two-day trips
61 Three-day trips
115 Four-day trips
2 Five-day trips


In January we had 422 total trips (200 & 700, FA & FF). 


168 were on the CRJ200 
254 were on the CRJ700



Pairing lengths for January included,


201 Locals
84 Two-day trips
36 Three-day trips
97 Four-day trips
4 Five-day trips




In December when we had 474 Total trips.

190 were on the CJR200 

284 were on the CRJ700

Pairing lengths for December included,

282 Locals
52 Two-day trips
55 Three-day trips
85 Four-day trips