Originally Posted by
FrustratedCapt
Mesa CA here. A bunch of us are pretty sick of where we are with the shenanigans JO is pulling on us. What I USED to like about Mesa was there used to be plenty of reserves, and I could drop trips or parts of trips anytime I wanted. What is it like there in that regard? Plenty of reserves for dropping? And is it like Mesa used to be where you can drop parts of trips that you don't want? I understand some airlines only allow you to drop entire trips or nothing at all. TIA!
We have the ability to "split" trips. Like dropping a turn from the beginning or end of a trip to make it commutable, or only picking up/dropping a few days of a trip. It is approved based on reserve staffing though. From my experience as an FO, it's usually doable as long as you're not trying to split trips around transition time or certain holidays. And even then, if you get denied at first, just keep an eye on the staffing levels and it may get approved further down the line. I would assume that these drops are harder on the Captain side of things since staffing as slightly thinner on that side of the house