Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
True, but we also keep statistical trends, and when it looks like there is going to be an IROP they can always add another FO.......(at the last minute)
On the way there, maybe, sometimes, under some circumstances. On the way back for 8-9 hour blocks with more than 1 leg...the already risky gets even riskier. I just don't see them doing 8-9 block hour unaugmented days, if (and again, if) the new times are hard and absolute. Just putting the extra FO on it is cheap insurance for operational integrity.