Originally Posted by
Sr. Barco
Boy do I know about your first statement. I flew for Trans States Airlines (Hulas Kanodia's Flying Circus) in the 90's. Day 3 of every 4 day was reduced rest with a delayed departure to get your 8 hours of "rest" (old rules).
My question though is if anyone who has been at their company for a while has seen a marked increase in JA events, a strong lack of reserve coverage etc.
Not just at TSA, at XJT many of the first and third days was a RR overnight on a 4 day. It really was dangerous. We had 8:40 scheduled overnights in Mexico, which were always cut down to 8:00 due to inevitable departure delays. Then :45 mins to deplane and go thru customs, a 1 hr drive to and from the hotel, plus check in, etc. and you were looking at 4 1/2 hrs sleep if you were lucky.