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Or AA's new delay shenanigans of just incremental 15 min delays, that eventually increases your total sit time to over 4 hours, but you won't qualify for a hotel because it was initially just a 2.5 hour sit. I just sat over 6.5 hours, but unable to get a hotel cause the delays just increased 15 min at a time. It was very tiring. Fatigue call came to mind, but they would counter with "how could you be fatigued with one leg and a sit?"
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Or AA's new delay shenanigans of just incremental 15 min delays, that eventually increases your total sit time to over 4 hours, but you won't qualify for a hotel because it was initially just a 2.5 hour sit. I just sat over 6.5 hours, but unable to get a hotel cause the delays just increased 15 min at a time. It was very tiring. Fatigue call came to mind, but they would counter with "how could you be fatigued with one leg and a sit?"
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Or AA's new delay shenanigans of just incremental 15 min delays, that eventually increases your total sit time to over 4 hours, but you won't qualify for a hotel because it was initially just a 2.5 hour sit. I just sat over 6.5 hours, but unable to get a hotel cause the delays just increased 15 min at a time. It was very tiring. Fatigue call came to mind, but they would counter with "how could you be fatigued with one leg and a sit?"
If the fatigue is not prior to day 1 leg 1 from your own sleep habits or commuting issues, you will be paid and I highly recommend getting the union to help conjure up the report. They are good at ensuring you use the right verbiage and details for the fatigue committee to review.
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Huh. I’ve fatigued out twice this year. Not a peep from anyone except the union rep that helped me fill out the fatigue report. FWIW my trips were both leading red eyes with 2 legs the night after the red eye. Called fatigued before the second post red eye leg both times. YMMV?
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Huh. I’ve fatigued out twice this year. Not a peep from anyone except the union rep that helped me fill out the fatigue report. FWIW my trips were both leading red eyes with 2 legs the night after the red eye. Called fatigued before the second post red eye leg both times. YMMV?
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The optimizer is literally designed to push us to our absolute limits and squeeze every bit of efficiency out of us. Why pilots aren’t calling FT more often baffles me.
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Some guys call fatigued immediately after getting reassigned, often during the same phone call. Gotta play the game to a certain extent…. Actually think about it for a minute,
(or hours on a long sit) and go “yup, no bueno”
(or hours on a long sit) and go “yup, no bueno”
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I have noticed a drastic decrease in people posting, " Got RA'd so I called fatigued" in the groups ever since the new contract.
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RA pay is great. You're already at work, might as well make some extra money for the day.
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