MEM 767 SIBA
07-14-2024, 07:23 PM
#4
New Hire
Joined APC: Jun 2024
Posts: 9
Why do you believe IND base is closing at next bid? Would paying for deadheads and hotels for all the flights somehow be less expensive than people living there? Not confronting you or anything, I just don’t understand how this would benefit anyone.
07-15-2024, 04:47 AM
#5
Line Holder
Joined APC: Mar 2023
Posts: 65
Been a rumor around AOTC for a while. At this point, nothing would surprise me!
07-15-2024, 07:40 AM
#6
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2012
Position: B767
Posts: 445
98% of the trips out of IND bid package are double deadheads already. IND had 10 lines with BOG/MDE flying for August. Taking those lines and giving them to Memphis in order to keep pilots “familiar” with the area negates the whole point of having a base that specializes in that type of flying. Also, the EWR-CDG lines are starting to transition to MEM-CDG on weekends. I don’t see a point to keep a satellite base operating when they’re just going to staff it out of MEM or have trips physically start and/or end there.
07-15-2024, 08:31 AM
#7
New Hire
Joined APC: Jun 2024
Posts: 9
98% of the trips out of IND bid package are double deadheads already. IND had 10 lines with BOG/MDE flying for August. Taking those lines and giving them to Memphis in order to keep pilots “familiar” with the area negates the whole point of having a base that specializes in that type of flying. Also, the EWR-CDG lines are starting to transition to MEM-CDG on weekends. I don’t see a point to keep a satellite base operating when they’re just going to staff it out of MEM or have trips physically start and/or end there.
07-16-2024, 09:08 AM
#8
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2006
Position: Asleep in the Crew Bunk
Posts: 38
Looking at those sample pairings, I see many that contain three layovers of approx 24hrs. Have any of you guys flown pairings like these? They look like they could be pretty brutal with those circadian swaps.
07-16-2024, 09:37 AM
#9
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2005
Position: MD-11 FO
Posts: 2,228
Just flew a domestic trip with 3 24-hour layovers and 3 circadian swaps. Looked fine on paper. It was brutal! Filed fatigue reports afterwards.
07-16-2024, 02:17 PM
#10
Proponent of Hysteria
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: "Part of the problem." : JL
Posts: 1,056
(Quote about closing IND didnt paste)
Interesting, I just heard the opposite from the last guys I flew with. Said the company is moving whatever they can from MEM to IND. Cited MEM crime and difficulty in getting people just to show up for work there.
Interesting, I just heard the opposite from the last guys I flew with. Said the company is moving whatever they can from MEM to IND. Cited MEM crime and difficulty in getting people just to show up for work there.
Last edited by skypine27; 07-16-2024 at 02:28 PM.
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