Originally Posted by
Purpletailed10
That was a very informative response, I appreciate you taking the time to answer the questions and yes you did a good job of answering them.
One question on your DH class of service. If the company schedules your DH and its greater than 4 hrs block domestic, you get business or first if business isn't available? Is there any provision for them to schedule coach if neither business or first is available?
Also how often is a DH scheduled on company jets vs pax airlines?
Thanks again.
Wrote a detailed response. Machine dumped it.
Abbreviated:
If the airport is serviced only by SWA or RJ's, they can schedule you on those.
It might be 5 hours...its something like that. Again the point being its not automatic. I don't deal with it much so a little hazy on it.
If it's over the contractual time, they have to schedule for the first/business if the service exists.
The company is more and more trying to build lines with us JS'ing on company aircraft. As we say on the line, "They got us on that one". You leave a loophole and UPS will drive a truck through it. Meaning and Intent mean little to UPS. BOHICA.
I would not be able to venture a percentage guess of how many trips are built nowadays with company DH on company airplanes. But its more than it used to be. And in UPS' world? Hands down.........if they could do it 100% of the time, they'd do it. Suffice to say its more than it used to be.