Originally Posted by
akemps
The Cancun turns are credited at 7 hours and Punta Cana is right around 8. I don't know if it's just PIT, or the entire Allegiant system, but the block times seem to be unusually tight, so going over block/credit is pretty common. I was getting around 7.5 for CUN and 8.2ish for PUJ. Throw in deicing and you'll be pretty close to 117 daily flight time max.
Thurs and Sunday are PUJ turns and Fri, Sat, Monday are CUN turns (both starting at 6am, finishing around 4). As was said, yes they are year round. And as I mentioned before, they usually go to the top 1 & 2 pilots in base.
Having tight block times is a trade off between on-time performance and saving money. If you make the block times on the lean time, you might save a few $$'s on crew wages, but you take the risk of having poor on time percentages if you routinely break block.
Obviously, ALG is choosing (at least in PIT according to you) to run on the lean side and not worry about on time performance so much.