Originally Posted by
nimslow
Split divisions is a good thing because 1st, it requires more pilots, thats more jobs for us, and 2nd it gives YOU more options. Want to fly International, bid it. Don't want to mess with customs, or some of the places we go, stay domestic. More choices is a good thing.
And as a reserve, it increases the pain factor in some of our bases. In NY, International, most of the trips were out of JFK, with only a couple from LGA. In Miami all but two of the international trips were out of MIA. Now all the reserves in NY will have to worry about LGA and EWR flying, and MIA will have FLL and PBI to deal with.
I know plenty of long time domestic pilots who don't want anything to do with international flying, and a bunch of us International don't want to do domestic flying. I'd be happy to never go north of DFW again. We don't have those options anymore.
Unfortunately international reserves get pegged all the time for domestic trips. If they weren’t allowed to do that than maybe it would add jobs. And most international sequences barely have any international to them so they often get split up and go to domestic reserves. At least that’s how it works in the master base.