Originally Posted by
onetime
I'm a MD guy, so I can't speak for other airframes, but the last time I noticed the same DP (regardless of how it was flown, reserve/vto/greed) in 3 consecutive months was many years ago. VCP-SJU-MEM or MEM-STN-CDG I think. Point being, how does the current process fix a bad pairing that is not a routine pairing? That's where we are now.
I remember both of those, particularly the VCP-SJU-MEM. Have you ever flown that pairing? I have flown it once (not when it was disputed) and it is a very difficult sequence. I'm not sure I have been more tired upon arriving at MEM. I will not fly this pairing again.
Fact is that if we would have hung tough, they would have worked in an SJU layover or a crew change and deadhead home. We didn't, the union pulled the dispute, and we have that crappy trip on the books today.
This is how our pairings start getting real bad..... There is a consequence for the rest of us when our fellow pilots fly these trips....