Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Slowplay likes to go on about how Delta could not afford to pay RJ drivers "Delta" pay. Actually, perhaps the inverse is true. Among the trips we can hold.
2 days are nearly always 10:30
3 days, 13:30
4 days, 21:00 (I've got an 18 hour 4 day next week
)
Here's the typical
07 673 ATL 1735 UIO 2258 5.23 700
08 1560 UIO 2340 ATL 0557 5.17
5.17B
5.17TL
2.50ADG
REGULAR- 13.30TL 10.40BL 2.50CR
I'm not saying 13.30 is good enough for a 3 day, but when I did UIO (as I know you did too) it was only slightly more than 10:30 due to the segment times. That was totally unacceptable and a large reason that UIO, and a lot of the west coast 3 day "turns" are/were always in open time.
ADG has helped immensely, making those trips pay 20-30% more. Now that we started down that road, ADG needs to be brought up to 5:30 or 6, get rid of Duty Period Avg altogether. That would go a long way towards more $/days worked as well as requiring more pilots IMO...