Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
I got this text from a friend a little while ago:
It's melting down quick here. I just dh to an overnight to dh back. My capt has done nothing but dh since Friday. One was even scheduled when he signed in to dh to avl to cover the overnight and dh back. He called scheduling and they told him he had to do it. They won't answer and if they do they won't look at what your calling about. We need bodies and airplanes bad...
It's happening at JetBlue as well. A non-pilot friend of mine had his BOS-MCO flight cancel 8 hours before departure. Next departure was a "few days later". What's going to tell his 5 year old, "we can't go to Disney"? So he drove to Albany and took SWA.
I know the wx is bad, but I think the airlines were gambling on not many delays and getting close to 9 hours or the min overnight, and getting hosed. A Delta friend of mine had that happen a few days ago, got to the overnight a few hours late - not enough for the 10 hrs rest so he was replaced, he overnighted and DHed back to base.