Originally Posted by Xtreme87

You know, this made me think about how the company made FA’s show up to the plane 5 minutes before the pilots, therefore having to take an earlier van. Since they can’t leagally make the pilots show up to work earlier without adjusting duty periods, they make the FA’s show up earlier and schedule the van earlier. Only problem is there is often times only ONE VAN scheduled, so therefore you wind up going earlier too. This new scheme definitely paid off, judging by our awesome 69% on time performance. THAT is the definition of mickey mouse. Never heard of such a thing in the history of airlines.