Originally Posted by
NeverFlexTO
Are you choosing to live somewhere other than where you are based? Have you attempted multiple avenues including two legging to get to work? Is there an IROP? My experience is that anytime I’ve had extenuating circumstances commuting I notify scheduling of said circumstance and am told to get there when I can. I have never been Positive Spaced by scheduling here at DL to get in position for a rotation or assignment. But I also do my homework and know when I need to look at alternatives when it comes to commuting, and that’s my responsibility because I choose to commute
I think what you're missing is edv isnt staffed like delta. Especially years ago ( which included times when i was there) it was common knowledge if you lived in a select number of cities with limited service you were getting a pos space ticket in for summer and Thanksgiving to just past new years. Call them after the first and say, good luck because im not getting on, you'd get on hold and they'd just roll ya a pos space ticket because the was no staffing. Now that edv is staffed up its different, except on days when 85% of your pilots are commuting in for first legs, hint, its a friday often, and delta has no seats because theyre still recovering from Thursday afternoons irop.
I love the profit sharing checks but I gotta wonder how much worse the profits will be when edv is cancelling half their flights for the weekend because the Captains from dtw, dfw, den and the FOs from Florida first open seat or jumpseat will be Monday. *Shrug*
(Bring all the RJs to mainline).