Originally Posted by
Mwindaji
I have to disagree with you here IAHB756. Maybe, pre-merger but not now. If you look at open time trips on the 73 you will see a lot more red-eyes than pre-merger. After the merger the swap-a-roo of flying added more red-eyes to the LCAL side due to differences in LUAL's and LCAL's work rules in their respective CBAs.
And how. UAL contract requires 16 hours of no duty before a redeye while there is nothing in the CAL contract therefore rest before a redeye is FAR mins. As a result, CAL flies first day in the morning, redeyes later that same day, lands early on second day. To do the same trip UAL has to fly on day one, rest on day two, and redeye late on day two into a third day. They gained a one-third efficiency in pilots doing redeyes simply by shifting redeyes to CAL. Hopefully this will go away under the new contract.