Bases
#52
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Makes sense, we don’t go hub and spoke like legacy carriers do, we go out and stay out and the more bases we have, the more likely we are to adjust with new crews on the fly. Southwest shows 12 pilot domiciles on this site. Assume it’s for a lot of the same reasons Jeff mentioned.
But I agree, more bases will stagnate growth in bases but if there is a “upside” he did also mention that it could help with these pairing mixes we have, all these 4 days in some bases.
#53
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Last edited by Halon1211; 12-09-2021 at 11:28 AM.
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I guess what I’m trying to say is. You still get credited for it as if you were “flying it”. It’s no different than doing a short 1 hour flight... Plus you are sitting in the back of the limo not doing any work.
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how is that any worse than if it were a 4:15AM show to start the day off with a MCO-FLL hop?
I guess what I’m trying to say is. You still get credited for it as if you were “flying it”. It’s no different than doing a short 1 hour flight... Plus you are sitting in the back of the limo not doing any work.
I guess what I’m trying to say is. You still get credited for it as if you were “flying it”. It’s no different than doing a short 1 hour flight... Plus you are sitting in the back of the limo not doing any work.
As you said “you still get credited as if you were “flying it”.”
Do you honestly enjoy deadheads because you’re getting paid as if you’re flying it?
I don’t like sitting on a plane DH and I don’t like sitting in the back of a car, or “limo,” stuck in herky jerky bumper to bumper traffic on I-95
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Same reason why I don’t like deadheads.
As you said “you still get credited as if you were “flying it”.”
Do you honestly enjoy deadheads because you’re getting paid as if you’re flying it?
I don’t like sitting on a plane DH and I don’t like sitting in the back of a car, or “limo,” stuck in herky jerky bumper to bumper traffic on I-95
As you said “you still get credited as if you were “flying it”.”
Do you honestly enjoy deadheads because you’re getting paid as if you’re flying it?
I don’t like sitting on a plane DH and I don’t like sitting in the back of a car, or “limo,” stuck in herky jerky bumper to bumper traffic on I-95
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Or bid away from it.
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I’m thinking the sedan/SUV/sprinter van or whatever will be significantly more comfortable than 6C. I’m not lookin go forward to it, but whatever. Crisscrossing the NE in a sedan to get to a plane at another airport was routine in a past life. I’ll live if I have to do it once a month here.
Or bid away from it.
Or bid away from it.
Some of the outrageous driving I’ve seen I’m amazed at how many pilots and FAs sit back and watch it happen without a peep to the driver to slow the hell down. I figure at least once a 4 day I’m telling a driver to slow down. Speeding in fog another lovely experience.
Throw in 8.C.2 below and I have zero interest in doing any surface DH. The ride to the hotel is risky enough.
2. When the Company requires that deadheading be by surface transportation, a pilot will be paid and credited with one hour of flight pay and credit at his applicable rate for each two hours of scheduled surface deadhead time computed on the basis of AAA mileage at 43 miles per hour.
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