Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Just looking at the Negotiator's Notepad and thinking about the low productivity trips we have now (10.5 hour three days). Seems like it would be possible to build rotations like:
ATL>UIO (24 hour sit) UIO>ATL (drop off line holder, sit for two hours) then fly a turn, ATL>CHS>ATL.
If the goal in the summer is ALV +15, there are going to be a lot of penalty laps into and out of uncommutable trips. What am I missing?
Delta already owned and operated two 121 airlines with little in the way of work rules. They are experienced in this sort of operation.
1. The UIO trip is already above 10.5 hours due to leg length.
2. UIO-ATL is a redeye... we are done after we fly a redeye. It doesn't matter if you are a reserve or lineholder. It's unsafe and not practiced.
3. The ALV+15 thing would rarely be used. It's been over a year since I've even come close to hitting ALV, despite being in a much shorter category prior to my current fleet. In 5 years I've hit ALV twice.