I was just wondering what your airlines commuter guideline is? I know that a lot of pilots commute and was wondering what you exactly have to do? One of the freedoms of working for an airline is that you don’t have to live where you are based. Living in base means being able to drive [...]

Bids closed for May today. I was betting money I would get good ol’ airport standby. I didn’t. The bids aren’t final yet, but they rarely change. Right now I got a straight reserve line. I actually wanted the afternoon airport standby line as it had Memorial Day weekend off! The line I was awarded [...]

Despite being displaced, I have had a fabulous last two days. Friday I flew to New York to go to the New York Auto Show. I flew into Newark and flew out of JFK. Thanks again for the tips on traveling. I had one problem at Penn Station on my way out…that place is huge. [...]

A preliminary bid award came out. The premlinary bid award is what the airline thinks will happen after all the counting is done. This displacement has been run and all the statuses have been evaluated and recorded at least once. The preliminary bid award is displayed to allow the pilots and the airline to look [...]

The game of poker continues. Last night at 11PM all bids were locked. This morning an email was sent out with the names and employee numbers of all pilots who want to “Proffer to Displace”. There weren’t very many so I took some time to compare names/employee numbers to those in my status. After double [...]