Originally Posted by
notEnuf
This is a productivity and efficiency move. Reserves were essentially useless to them after 9 hours and now more of the 24 hour day is able to be useful on SC. 9hr SC, 10hrs rest, and then back to SC. That's a 3 hour gain in SC usability. I rarely do all 7 SCs in a month. I think that will now change. That would result in fewer reserves required.
Nobody thinks this is an intentional effort to attack QOL,. But, this is an intentional effort the find additional efficiency and productivity within the contract (as they always do.) However, any change which results in productivity means an equal reduction in (increased SCs and flying affecting the good deal reserve) QOL.
I’ll say it again. They can do this today. It happens to me. I get released early from SC for an earlier short call the next day or a trip the next day. Nobody has come up with a single scenario that a 9 hour SC lets them do that they aren’t already doing. If they wanted more guys on SC every day they don’t have to go from 12 to 9 hours, they could just have more on 12 hour SC.
I get it, their reasoning seems weird. It might just be 5% usage, but they are giving it up for no apparent reason other than to be nice. I see why people don’t trust it. But there is no concrete way that this helps scheduling.