Originally Posted by
B00sted
Off topics but...
Who is building these horrible trips? Talk about circadian rhythm nightmare. What is with the constant flipping of AM to PM shows? One day its 1600 show, the next its 0500. I wish we could make AM schedules and PM schedules.
Example of my last 4 day - 16 hours block by the way.
Day 1 - 0800 show - 2100 finish
Day 2 - 1630 Show - 2100 finish
Day 3 - 0630 show - 1100 finish
Day 4- 0500 show - 1700 finish
Swap my sleep schedules around, then load me up for a 7 hour block 12 hour duty day on day four. I'm sure its all Delta's fault, but I wouldn't be a pilot if I didn't have something to ***** about.
RANT OVER
If pilots aren't angry it's the "calm before the storm". The solver is working on productivity and legality. Guys don't complain about 18 days off, but 11-15 gets loud. There wasn't much to work with this month.
Until marketing can get DL to get us more "pure" flying (hub turns) this will remain. For november we operate YYZ-BOS at 6am, then a night flight BOS-YYZ. What do you do with the crew? DH? 32 hour layover? That was a 3 day discussion in itself. FWIW, the "line" of flying (just the A/C) sat ALL day. Thanks DL.