Originally Posted by
Han Solo
This makes sense and was my gut feeling. Doesn't make the 0345 wake-ups any easier. I feel for people whose body clocks aren't on EST, it's rough for anybody waking up at 0345 EST, I can't imagine the poor pilots who are acclimated to mountain or pacific time who have the 0530 departure out of CAE or ILM.
I am pretty sure there are some RCC restrictions that the company is currently following in this regard. IIRC west coast crews will not push earlier than 0800 on the east coast. I believe these protections are in our bid packages so who knows what happens once we are out operating in the system.
Not to say that a 0800 push (0500 body clock time (BC) for a left coaster) requiring a 0640 (0340 BC) pick--up, requiring a 0600 (0300BC) wake-up is much fun.
Now if you are referring to west coasters who are forced into commuting to an east coast domicile and getting these early wake-ups, all I can say is ouch!
Scoop