[QUOTE=Flying Elvis;1655160]That's huge.

I wonder if that's going to drive creative scheduling, though, and make trips less commutable. For sure, I can see that changing some folks' bidding strategies. If you were senior enough to bid two sets of those linked back-to-back, then another one by itself, you could get an 82hr line with two 5-day blocks, one 3-day block, all commutable together, and 17-18 days home.

At the least, it dis-incentivizes multiple red-eyes (if those are even permissible at DAL).


Flying Elvis,

I am having a hard time with the math on this:

At current rigs (5 * 13.5) the above schedule would only pay 67.5 hours.

With the 5:15 duty rig starting in November it would still only
pay (5 * 15.25) 76:15 hours.

I don't see where you are getting 82 hours.

As you suggest the trip construction will change, but I think it will generally make them more commutable as we will fly more each day and have less days with no duty periods.

Scoop