This is a monumental month for us as we now have several advancements to PBS. Bidding down to 62.5, waving default minimum days off, bid to wave reserve (if you're on the cusp), and buddy bidding. This has been a much needed update to a dinosaur system. Don't misunderstand me, we still have lots of things that could be better, but I imagine a lot of us will be more likely to be awarded what we ask for. I might just be able to be awarded 100 hours each month or more! That would be nice! Skedplus is fun, but it gets really scary some months if there isn't a lot of flying to go around.
Also this is the last month for Scott Maclean who was the SAPA RSR for DEN/COS. A lot of people blamed him for the degradation of COS trips. Hopefully, if those critics were right, we'll actually get a bit of consistency and an increase in the average block hours.
Rumors are still flying around at a normal pace. MX in MSP are convinced that there will be a crew domicile open in MSP. As it is we are taking a lot of Pinnacle's old routes out of there, but they're taking a lot of our ATL routes. At their height, Pinnacle was flying 130 daily departures out of MSP for Northwest. I'm not to sure how many we are doing or are projected to do but we are doing a lot.
Here's how I've bid this month:
For May we have all our OJI's back and a couple new transfers. We also had several of our reserves transfer out since they can hold lines in other domiciles. I've bid a little more conservative this month and since I rarely get any of my first layer, I included several more trips in layer one hoping I'll get lucky with one or two. My seniority ratio has jumped to 61.3% but I don't think that will effect my bid that badly.
Today is the 18th so, even though it is a Sunday, I hope to get see my award today. This is the first Sunday I have had off in a long time and it is primarily because I have recurrent this week. Wish me luck, I think I'll encounter a lot of heat.
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