Fellow Crewmembers,

Historically, November is always a difficult month to produce sequences and lines of flying with good cadence and purity due to the inherent amount of required schedule changes we receive from our mainline partner AA all stacked within the same month. November includes schedule changes for Daylight Savings, winter block hour adjustments, the Thanksgiving Holiday and amplified “Day of Week” schedule reductions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, making the schedules on each of these days unique.

To further complicate this November, we have adjusted the rest period to a minimum of 10 hours and introduced CDO lines in preparation for FAR 117 beginning in January 2014. In some cases this has had a direct impact on the start and finish times of sequences affecting commutability. We expect this to be more of the norm as we transition to FAR 117.

Looking forward, for the month of December we typically receive less in month schedule changes from our mainline partner AA and therefore we usually see schedule improvements. However, we do have a couple Holiday schedule changes in addition to the amplified “Day of Week” schedule reductions that will continue until the spring schedule change. In December we will also continue with the minimum of 10 hour rest and CDO lines. We will continue to work closely with your representatives to provide you the very best schedules possible.

Regards,


Ric
Captain R. Wilson
Vice President, System Operations Control
American Eagle Airlines, Inc.