777RP question

[retired or retarded]

I am returning from SLOA this year and had a question with regards to 777RP scheduling I was hoping someone could shed some light on. I am a commuter and was considering bidding onto the 777RP out of YYZ and from what I have seen most guys do one trip a week for three weeks during the month. What I was wondering is if anyone front or back loads their month so that they can get it all done in half the month or if this does not work with rest period requirements. I am not seeing anyone who really does it but would be interested in bidding it that way. Thanks for any input.

[DBC]

I'm not on the triple, but looking at the pairings it wouldn't work. GRU is the shortest pairing and it's over 20h. No way to do back to back trips and meet CARS. If you asked on our forum I bet there's a 777RP that would be able to give detailed info.

If you are commuting from the middle of the country you can always look at 767RP in YVR, more variation on the pairings and still very productive, but I guess it all depends on your seniority.

[Lost in Saigon]

Yes, you can very easily bid load end or load beginning and get 3-4 weeks off in a row. You will need to be a blockholder with a little seniority and bid to fly Asia. It may not happen every month but when you only works 9 days a month, it isn't too hard.

[DHC-1 Jockey]

What are T48 and T72?

[Lost in Saigon]

Those are 48 and 72 hours periods of days off. I don't really know why Air Canada does that because every day other than the days you are working are days off if you have a block or full schedule.

Reserve pilots get 4 guaranteed "G" days, plus 4 Technical "T" days and 4 Optional "O" days.

Reserve pilot can be forced to work into "T" days and then slide the days off. With "O" days it's the pilot's the option to work, but you then lose those days off. Reserve pilots often try to fly as much as possible early in the month so they can max out their hours and get the end of the month off.

[land3]

What are T48 and T72?

These are specific periods of guarantee days off as defined by the contract. The blocking computer program (PBS) inserts these periods into the given block to indicate that the requirements of days off have been followed according to the contract rules.

[altiplano]

2 more G days in the new contract for a total of 6... also you can slide O days to work if you want.

[retired or retarded]

Yes, you can very easily bid load end or load beginning and get 3-4 weeks off in a row. You will need to be a blockholder with a little seniority and bid to fly Asia. It may not happen every month but when you only works 9 days a month, it isn't too hard.

Thanks for the info. Would be a block holder. Definitely food for thought.