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04-15-2015, 09:46 PM
#3701
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2006
Position: Work
Posts: 507
Less pilots & less commutable = QOL suck for many. The company would love it.......we, however...
04-16-2015, 02:48 AM
#3702
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2009
Position: Captain
Posts: 830
If they could build trips to 6 hours per day now hard time, they would do it. Going to a higher number most likely will only add more credit driving up pilot requirements. The downside is that in an attempt to reduce the additional credit, it will definitely affect rotation construction.
04-16-2015, 04:23 AM
#3703
Bye Bye Maddog!
Joined APC: Apr 2008
Position: Movin' On UP........
Posts: 560
I think it's the 737 that skews all the credit numbers, or at least it used to. Perhaps with all the new jets coming they can schedule something more than 3 legs in 4 days, and less 24 hour layovers.
04-16-2015, 04:24 AM
#3704
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2015
Position: 73na
Posts: 287
Six hours a day just means you fill up in 2 fewer days/month; no reduction in pilot requirements. Probably would increase the reserves required for narrowbody guys as more trips would push the limits on 117 rules.
I do agree with the fact commutable trips would mostly disappear, especially for us narrowbody guys.
Omar
04-16-2015, 05:55 AM
#3705
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2014
Posts: 1,184
04-16-2015, 07:11 AM
#3706
ready for mo money
Joined APC: May 2013
Position: Left Behind
Posts: 84
04-16-2015, 07:15 AM
#3707
The Brown Dot +1
Joined APC: Jun 2009
Position: 777B
Posts: 7,775
It is possible, but not a guarantee, that pilot jobs would be lost. If aircraft utilization rates went up due to 6/day guarantee, it could be a wash (pilot head count wise) and good for profit sharing. However, I tend to think that if they could have higher utilization rates domestically, they'd already be doing that...So, pilot jobs could be lost.
04-16-2015, 08:06 AM
#3708
Banned
Joined APC: Oct 2012
Posts: 335
Regarding what happened with C2012, I will quote Hillary. "At this point, what difference does it make?".
My only objective in posting about this is to urge caution and hope the reps keep the administration on a much shorter leash this time or the same thing could happen again. The reps could wake up one morning and read in the paper that the Delta pilots have a new contract.
Voting it down or sending it back for modifications is far more difficult after those headlines have run.
That's the lesson of C2012. Sorry if that offends some people.
My only objective in posting about this is to urge caution and hope the reps keep the administration on a much shorter leash this time or the same thing could happen again. The reps could wake up one morning and read in the paper that the Delta pilots have a new contract.
Voting it down or sending it back for modifications is far more difficult after those headlines have run.
That's the lesson of C2012. Sorry if that offends some people.
Healthy skepticism is good, but that cuts both ways. One of the lessons of C2012, IMO, is to also be skeptical of the skeptics.
04-16-2015, 09:05 AM
#3709
Runs with scissors
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: Going to hell in a bucket, but enjoying the ride .
Posts: 7,730
What?
Six hours a day just means you fill up in 2 fewer days/month; no reduction in pilot requirements. Probably would increase the reserves required for narrowbody guys as more trips would push the limits on 117 rules.
I do agree with the fact commutable trips would mostly disappear, especially for us narrowbody guys.
Omar
Six hours a day just means you fill up in 2 fewer days/month; no reduction in pilot requirements. Probably would increase the reserves required for narrowbody guys as more trips would push the limits on 117 rules.
I do agree with the fact commutable trips would mostly disappear, especially for us narrowbody guys.
Omar
If every domestic flew 6hours block time every day...and the company was able to eliminate all that sitting around/credit time, well, they'd need fewer pilots.
Luckily, they haven't figured out how to do it yet.
04-16-2015, 11:23 AM
#3710
Straight QOL, homie
Joined APC: Feb 2012
Position: Record-Shattering Profit Facilitator
Posts: 4,202
Frankly, I don't know why anyone would blindly trust an organization that has proven time and again its interests are not necessarily aligned with the Delta pilots' interests.
When it comes to DALPA's performance, transparency, and accountability...I'm skeptical of anyone who's not skeptical of them.
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