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Bad on us for using ackronyms nobody has bothered to explain.
MOT= Monthly Open Time. Late this month, all the bits & pieces of trips that haven't been covered as of the awards of the Blank Lines (2nd round bidding -- described a couple weeks back) get tossed out for bid. You can bid on individual pairings, most senior in base gets it, and if nobody in base wants it, then most senior out-of-base gets it. Don't have to bid if you don't want, and what you get pays straight pay (except first years, they get at 2nd year rates).
LITT = Line Improvement Trip Trade. Trade with the current bank of uncovered trips. In concept, I have a 3 day trip, I can trade it with any uncovered 3-day trip that I'm legal for. Must be in my base, and both trips must be at least 5 days in the future. There are more rules, but that's the idea. Pays straight pay. Very quickly, all high paying & weekday trips get picked up, and what's left in open time are the less desirable trips. But you can still swap your weekend trip for a "better" weekend trip. "One man's trash..."
DOT = Daily Open Time. Anything that isn't covered 5 days out goes into DOT bid. Awarded by seniority in domicile; if nobody in the domicile wants it, goes by overall seniority. Second year pay for the first years, straight pay for everybody else. Bids close at 9AM the day before the trip.
EF = Extra Fly. "If you have something available, call me & offer it to me." Pays straight pay, or 2nd year for 1st years. You can say no. Essentially, anything that didn't get picked up in the DOT round, they try to fill with EF (generally the day before, sometimes the day of, time permitting). You sign up on a list, for your base or any other, and they call & offer you what you're legal for. They call the list in seniority order (in base first); first guy to say "yes" wins.
VJA = Volunteer Junior Available. "If you get to drafting people at 1.5X pay, draft me first." Trips pay better; no ability to say "no." You can sign up for your base & others; called in seniority order in base then out of base.
JA = Junior Available. "Tag, you're it." 1.5X pay. Called in INVERSE seniority order (only those who are legal for the trip, and not anybody who is on reserve that month). Can't say "no" if they get ahold of you; can say "no" if you call them back.
That is roughly the order in which unfilled trips get covered, except that Reserves get used roughly between EF and VJA, depending on the manning levels & time available to scheduling.
Obviously, there are more rules than this, but that's the general idea. By the time you can start doing all these good things, you'll have the ability to see it on the computer & have somebody in the pilot lounge explain it to you (along with the rules I've left out for simplicity).
Does that make sense? If no, post a question & I'll try to explain more clearly.
Snoopy
Bad on us for using ackronyms nobody has bothered to explain.
MOT= Monthly Open Time. Late this month, all the bits & pieces of trips that haven't been covered as of the awards of the Blank Lines (2nd round bidding -- described a couple weeks back) get tossed out for bid. You can bid on individual pairings, most senior in base gets it, and if nobody in base wants it, then most senior out-of-base gets it. Don't have to bid if you don't want, and what you get pays straight pay (except first years, they get at 2nd year rates).
LITT = Line Improvement Trip Trade. Trade with the current bank of uncovered trips. In concept, I have a 3 day trip, I can trade it with any uncovered 3-day trip that I'm legal for. Must be in my base, and both trips must be at least 5 days in the future. There are more rules, but that's the idea. Pays straight pay. Very quickly, all high paying & weekday trips get picked up, and what's left in open time are the less desirable trips. But you can still swap your weekend trip for a "better" weekend trip. "One man's trash..."
DOT = Daily Open Time. Anything that isn't covered 5 days out goes into DOT bid. Awarded by seniority in domicile; if nobody in the domicile wants it, goes by overall seniority. Second year pay for the first years, straight pay for everybody else. Bids close at 9AM the day before the trip.
EF = Extra Fly. "If you have something available, call me & offer it to me." Pays straight pay, or 2nd year for 1st years. You can say no. Essentially, anything that didn't get picked up in the DOT round, they try to fill with EF (generally the day before, sometimes the day of, time permitting). You sign up on a list, for your base or any other, and they call & offer you what you're legal for. They call the list in seniority order (in base first); first guy to say "yes" wins.
VJA = Volunteer Junior Available. "If you get to drafting people at 1.5X pay, draft me first." Trips pay better; no ability to say "no." You can sign up for your base & others; called in seniority order in base then out of base.
JA = Junior Available. "Tag, you're it." 1.5X pay. Called in INVERSE seniority order (only those who are legal for the trip, and not anybody who is on reserve that month). Can't say "no" if they get ahold of you; can say "no" if you call them back.
That is roughly the order in which unfilled trips get covered, except that Reserves get used roughly between EF and VJA, depending on the manning levels & time available to scheduling.
Obviously, there are more rules than this, but that's the general idea. By the time you can start doing all these good things, you'll have the ability to see it on the computer & have somebody in the pilot lounge explain it to you (along with the rules I've left out for simplicity).
Does that make sense? If no, post a question & I'll try to explain more clearly.
Snoopy