Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Not really.
We will see what AMR does. Under the last LBO their reserves were 85 hrs max. So less efficient.
I'd be floored if the kept anything close to that.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
UCAL will have new work rules so you cannot compare yet. They are at CAL basically FAR MAX and that comes to effect in the summer where our reserves can fly or are on the hook for 99 hrs. So fairly equal
Except they can do it all year. Our changing ALV prevents that. Or our you stating CAL only does FAR max in the summer?
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
UAL still has some work rules but their trip rigs are comparable to ours. So are CAL's and AMR's except their current max fly stuff
Last I saw, NB guys could be flown 95 hours and WB guys 92 hours
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
We average 87 hrs of credit per pilot per month. We all have similar work rules, so I would say we are as, if not more efficient than many of them.
I know many on this board question the average 87 hour number. I remember lots of guys on this board screaming how they don't come close to 87 hours per month. Plus, that's due to what guys pick up on their own. Not what they're forced to fly, right?
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
A difference for example is:
CAL DH's the IRO over to europe if the Eastbound flight is less than 8 hrs resulting in it being credit and not flight time.
Bad for them.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Many efficiency issues come from rotation construction. ADC of 4+30 will not drive more efficiency. It allows Carmen to build trips the way it does now. Fix rotation construction and any trip credit sans 6+ day trips and out and back redeyes will have no credit to them. It will all be hard time.
Because of this and other items, working more days or being on the hook more has to do with more than just one section of a CBA or PWA.