Amen, ADIRU!

I read that story in the DMN last week & wondered if the 60 SWA hrs vv 40 AA hrs had included EVERY AA pilot vv selectively the narrow-body domestic types. B/C if it included EVERYONE, those Fat-Jet Reserve FBs who only fly one trip/month (& that's a good thing, it means everyone is healthy!) ... it cuts the average of the entire group to nothing.

I am surprised to hear a fat-jet international guy is bumping 1000/year. I thought most of you guys had trouble doing that w/ 30/7 issues & the cadence of those 6-day trips. Most of the big-jet lines are 70 hours, right?

Anyhow. The "productivity" town crier is a ruse.

The article says airline management defines this as "stick time," but they don't, really. They define it as TIME AVAILABLE for stick time.

I wouldn't have much problem with a 90 hr max if the minimum day was 8 hours & there was a real pay guarantee system (@ AA, anyhow). That'd put the efficiency monkey where it belongs --- the company's manning/scheduling.

We've all got to get our collective white collars in the dirt ... realize that while our uniforms DO have white collars, when it comes to pay/benefits & the negotiation thereof ... we're no different than those guys who wear the flashlites on their hardhats.

Al