Originally Posted by B6Guy
What is wrong with having a day with more flight time, only two legs, within a regular duty day, or shorter duty day??? I guess you don't see the advantages, you do work by the hour right?? And you do like being home with the wife/family right? So why not get more productive trips??
I'm sure you don't bid for pairings that have the LEAST flight/credit per day, do you?? I'm sure you bid for the most flight/cridit per day as long as the pairing doesn't have your personal avoid-cities or other preferences. Unless you like being on the road, staying in hotels.?
B6Guy
B6
The problem is this could open up Pandora's Box.
I understand that you would rather fly 8+ block hours per day if it gave you 1 or 2 more days off per month.
The problem is you need to be a forward thinker and think Outside the box.
Don't look at trips as they are currently built and try to apply the rules............ That can be a fatal mistake. Once a new rule is put into place, the company Scheduling software will maxmize the productivity to the extent possible. This doesn't always mean flying hard time.
You could potentially be on a layover in Houston....fly to JFK and then turn to OAK......blocking, for example, 8:13. Then you could layover for 28 hours and fly the Red-eye back to JFK........Now this becaomes a 3 or 4 day trip instead of an Out/back and what have you gained as a Pilot except you are now flying a longer day than is currently legal.
What if you guys get an OAK base...........your system form could change.
Would you like to fly a JFK out/back from OAK leaving at 11:00pm OAK time?
I already know the answer as FDX does this kind of flying.(although we can't and don't want to fly over 8 block hours)....take it from me it sux!
There is a major downside if you really look to the future. Remember the your company MGT(all of our MGTs included) do not have your quality of life at the top of their wish list. Their job is to maxmize productivity and stock prices.............
Hope this helps clear up why many of us are against any waiver............
It is the camels nose under the tent....................
If JB is allowed to do it.....others will follow