Captains, as full fledged CRM ninjas, should be able to fly competently with anyone.
That’s the explanation I was given as to why captains don’t get to bid to avoid people.
also prolly because their bids get run first … so the FOs are unknown at the time
IIRC, the anthrax vaccine was never really tested against inhalation nor “weaponized” anthrax…. It was developed to counter skin infections in sheep farmers/shearers. So there may be a big question mark over your “protection”
But that was a long time ago, and those brain cells have been abused.
“Retired reserve” are the key words you need to research. There are caveats to unit manning and other stuff. I can, and has, been done …. But I don’t think it’s blanket approval
Same shit they were telling us 6-9 years ago …. Feel free to leave we’ll make more and what not.
glad to see they’ve learner their retention lessons.
get your foot in the door at a major yesterday. Then you can dabble in the guard until you realize your loosing significant money for every TP.
For most folks, that’s somewhere year 2 or 3.
And the best teacher for bidding, scheduling, work rules, etc is when you screw it up due to lack of knowledge and then suffer with a terrible schedule for a month, etc.