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Old 12-24-2011 | 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Sailor
I dont really know if it is good at all. What keeps Company from doing something like:


MON: Red Eye
TUE: Red Eye
WED: Red Eye
THU: OFF
FRI: Red Eye

Originally Posted by Merlyn
Contract 4 days off between pairings.

Contract 4 days off between pairings.[/QUOTE]

I know that, then why isn't there 4 days off between red eyes, if every red eye it's a paring?.[/QUOTE]

Guys, we can't have a day off in the middle like that. The contract says we get four days off between sets of work days. Those scenarios can not happen. What can and probably will happen is 3 daytime turns followed by 3 night turns, which will be bad for commuters (non commutable both ends). The redeyes will be limited, because the duty day at night is much shorter. In DTW, we now get redeye turns to LAS because the company could show the flight time to be 7:58 in the winter months. But with the new rules, you can't fit that in along with :45 minutes duty before and a 1/2 hour after into a 9 hour duty day. Unfortunately, I think ORD-LAS will still be possible, but barely. I haven't read all the way through the rules yet, so I may be wrong, but this is my take.