Originally Posted by
johnso29
I haven't looked through Part 117 much lately, but will these turns be eliminated once it kicks in? Or will they have to augment them? I wonder if carriers will start augmenting West Coast turns?
Thoughts???
You could squeeze one in on paper with the 117 regs, but if the return flight gets delayed at all(which happens 99% of the time) then you turn into a pumpkin. I think jetblue will just make it into a crappy 3-day trip like I described above where you fly the 1st leg down to the DR, sit 24hrs, fly one leg back and get paid 10hrs for the 3days.
I wouldnt be surprised if some of the hybrid/LCCs start running augmented ops for transcon stuff. I think it would be difficult, logistically speaking, to get an augmented crew to work on a flight that is less than 4hrs to the Caribbean.