Originally Posted by
TallFlyer
I would agree with you that ALPA building trips is probably not going to move the needle a huge amount, unless the Crew Planning department is really as inept as certain comments on compass cards would make it seem. Having spent a fair amount of time in Jim S's office, he's smarter than a lot of people give him credit for.
What I am interested to see is how having a new VP of Planning and Efficency (or whatever his title is) affects us before ALPA gets their hands on the pairing generator.
Sorry, Tallflyer
A lot of times when people sap is because Jim s builds crap 4 days. 4 days worth 16-14 hours of credit are screaming “drop me.” Thats also not to mention 4 days that are worth 10 hours. If you look at the opentime pot when sap closes, it’s nothing but crap. It cost more money to get to work.
Every other airline has 4 days that are worth a minimum of 20 hours. Maybe you can share some insight why these trips are build with such low credit? Are we blaming the wrong guy? I can tell you as a line pilot everyone dislikes him. Maybe people including myself wouldn’t sap as much if trips were actually worth something.