Originally Posted by 404yxl

Yeah, you'd be amazed at how they can make trips productive if they really need to. I thought 30/7 going away would suck, but in my mind I think I always was more tired due to a lot of flight duty hours in 7 and not really the block. The really lucky pilots snagged some of the 38 hour 5 day trips we had and got their 75 hours in just 2 work blocks totaling 10 days. Really great for the commuter. We did have one pilot fly 6 MSP-YVR daytrips in a row for 42 hours of pay and 58 hours of flight duty. I bet he was tired after that, but he didn't need to work a lot for the rest of the month.

And don't think I disagree with you that a pilot should get at least a day off at home every 7 if they want. I think it sucks that it is not in the contract. If I had a preference, it would be that no pilot would be forced into anything longer than 4 days of work in a row and that they would also be given at least 2 days off every 7 if they wanted.