This is your Summer Survival Guide. How to best handle reroutes, extensions, maximum flight duty periods, minimum layovers, delays, cancellations, IROPS, the Optimizer, green slips, white slips, reserve obligations, 23K recovery, fatigue, fit for duty and quality of life for safe operations. In this episode, host First Officer Ryan Argenta gets the band back together – Shawn Kellett and Frank Wedding of the Scheduling Committee and Lisa Nydahl of the Flight Time Duty Time Committee– to bring you a concise guide on handling these challenging situations during the heat of summertime flying and redline operations. The team also discusses using Individual Vacation Days (IVD), Authorized Personal Drops (APD), and other methods to increase your chances of getting well-deserved time off this summer along with information on who to call, where to turn to for specific information to help pilots manage the busy flying months. (Recorded May 18, 2022)

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