Because they are worried that people will call up rostering before the roster is published to try and make changes. That has happened and rostering like every department in the company is under-resourced and over worked.

If someone calls to complain they can simply hang up or remove that person from the bidding system.
I understood that someone disclosed that possibility at ground school and they quickly moved to block that feature. So it was not even that someone called rostering to inquire about his next month roster

At about this time of the month, every month, Apollo was crashing. Removing this function has fixed the issue.

Didn't know there were that many Brits working in scheduling Mutts.


The Don

"Boom - Tish" :D

Muttley + Don ... Gold! :D:D:D

Late in the month and a Thursday afternoon- still nothing. Where's that survey?

So Sunday the 26th? Seriously?

WTF??? Still not rosters???

I'm starting to think they do this $hit to just piss us off!!! :mad:

We are suppose to receive the rosters 7 days before the end of the month. Anally or orally it doesn't specify but rules only apply to the employees at Emirates.
Technically the 7th day is not until tomorrow but I can't imagine the Enlighten Ones will come in on a Friday.

The IT guys are currently running around Satwa trying to purchase a new cassette tape for the Commodore 64 that spits these things out.
Sorry for the delay.

:ugh::ugh::ugh:

Luckily most of the cabin crew received their rosters over a week ago. This should teach those lazy Pilots.


The Don

Has always amazed me, that airlines with over 10,000 pilots, multiple basings and more than three aircraft categories can get rosters published within 48 hours of closing. 3700 pilots, one base, three categories and it takes sometimes up to 13-14 days to publish. Rubbish.

Well Panther, that's what it takes for the "manual inserters" to do their thing...insert!

Having checked my days off on the 17th, l now find two turns (one day one not) have been added since. And of course three XX deleted.

Top bid seems the only time l do turns.

Maybe the new Jeppesen system will help with earlier publication. It seems that in two years they still can't seem to screw it enough to work how EK want it to.

halas

Actually the GR2s only got theirs a few hours ago, the GR1 yesterday afternoon and the FG1 day before that. So no, not 'most', just the seniors....

Still think it's !!!!e that flight crew get them so late in the month though.


Hilarious thing is, my only request for Nov was 2 days off on specific dates. Did I get it? Nope. But most days off in blocks of 3. Guess it was just too hard to put one block on the requested dates :ugh:


Saw one CC with 3 days off, a day 2 LO, 4 days off, 3 day LO, 4 days off, 5 days LV, 4 days off, LO for a total of 15 XX for Nov not including rest days. Yet others have the minimum 7/8 off. Where's the fairness there?

Top bid. 777 cap. 11 days off. Flying credit 85:50. One is a doha turn, so I think I get 3 hours credit instead of the 2:25?
2 groundschools. CRM and SEP, both could be done next month. I do have a block of 5 days off. And some flights that i usually request. But if this is the best month.....ahh. As far as the ground school, what credit do I get for them , and are we supposed to have them on top bid?

Since people like to get all worked up over rosters might as well add to it, bottom bid 380 mid way in the group , got the 3 trips ( layovers) requested and the 4 days in a row requested.

ThatWasClose...you provided me with a good Friday afternoon laugh. :)

3hours credit for a 2.25 flight...you're living in the old days fella. Try 2.25 credit.

Pay or even roster credit for ground school or your own PPC? Man that went out with the Ark.

I have 123 hours duty in Nov with 95 hours credit. Welcome to the new EK standard.

Pay credit at Emirates? Are you f&@$ing us?
They only time we get paid is for when we are in the seat. We don't get paid for our own PPCs, when we are in the bunk (credit) or sick time.
Do you think the company will give us pay to its lazy pilots?

Correct you get paid for the scheduled block time.

Actually guys I am beyond the pay part. it was the construction of that 92 hour target. Is there no credit towards that for a ground school ?