Trip Trade Alert: SEP vs. TTS Reminder for Sept. 21 & Important Transition Dates
If you are in a bid status that has transitioned to TTS (your bid status is live) by Sept. 21, you will not be using SEP on Sept. 21 for next month's flying. Instead, you will use TTS and create a ballot for October. When you enter the TTS application, either use the arrows on the calendar to select October or, if you use the BALLOT button, select October when presented the choice after you click BALLOT. TTS for October (SEP replacement) will run immediately after the normal 1500 CDT daily run. If you have not yet gone live, you will use SEP for October's flying, which will close and run at 1200 as in the past.
Here are the pertinent dates related to the transition to TTS and between contractual months.
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Important transition dates for bid statuses that are already live or going live this week
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TTS active bid statuses
777/I DFW LAX LGA MIA ORD
767/D & I DFW
320/D DFW
S80/D DFW ORD SLT
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TTS rollout (going live) Sept. 23
737/D BOS DCA LAX ORD SFO
737/I DFW LGA ORD
767/I LGA
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Sept. 21
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SEP is replaced by TTS. At 1500 CDT, after the daily run, TTS will run once for October (NEXT MONTH) in lieu of SEP.
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SEP runs as in the past. Bid for SEP as in the past by 1200.
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Sept. 22–26
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TTS continues to run daily for trips originating through Sept. 30 (CURRENT MONTH). On Sept. 23, TTS will begin running daily at 0800 and 1500.
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TTS replaces TTOT on Sept. 23. TTS runs twice daily (0800 and 1500) for trips originating through Sept. 30 (CURRENT MONTH).
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Sept. 26
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Second-Round Selections close. Second-round pilots can populate ballots for October (NEXT MONTH) trips.
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Sept. 27–28
TRANSITION CURRENT MONTH TO NEXT MONTH
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TTS runs CURRENT MONTH ballots first for trips originating Sept. 29 and 30. TTS then runs NEXT MONTH ballots for trips originating Oct. 1 and beyond. Participating pilots will have two ballots being processed each day during the transition period.
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Sept. 29–Oct. 29
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October becomes CURRENT MONTH. TTS processes ballots twice daily for participating pilots.
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TTS, the educational material and support links are all accessed on AAPilots.com under AA Scheduling > Trip Trade System (TTS).