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








Finally, the DEN/COS  RSR Report for February 2010:

Happy New Year!  It's a new decade and there is already a lot of change coming our way.  I just got back from sim training and the word going around is that we are really going to be busy.  Awards are already out for the 1st  transition class of the year with crews going to DEN and ORD.  Have a look and see how senior/junior it went compared to you! Remember, seniority is relative to your seat in base and every change effects what you may be awarded from PBS with respect to the pairings.

As always: Make sure to look at the pairings to see the monthly changes!

Big Picture:  Between United making structural changes and Air Tran ramping up MKE quickly, there are more block hours for us, SkyWest.  Delta continues to wreak havoc with its Delta Connection schedule and we are shifting flying around in and out of places we don't normally fly a lot (MSP etc).  Like the weather, the only constant is change!

DEN:  We got a large increase in flying across the board for February.  More block hours/lines and all crews will be busy flying (including reserves!) Trip mix is similar to January with the difference being a reduction in 3 days and more 5 days on the 200.

COS:  Increase in overall number of lines and with lines averages being higher, expect to be flying more than January.  As for the trip mix...the good news is that the number of instances of 5 days is down.  Unfortunately, so are locals and 2 days.  For those crews that like 3 and especially 4 days (and yes there crews who like multiday trips), February is going to be great!

If you don't like the pairings or if you do let me know!  Send me an email (SWOL or  scottmaclean@mail.com).  Its the only way to help me help you...

Have a great day and happy bidding,
Scott Maclean.