Originally Posted by
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Think of it like this: an optimized run is done with absolute minimum cost/credit. Then planners use a credit “budget” allocated by their managers, to improve the bid package for pilot preference. Those “budgets” have been dramatically cut in the last 24 months or so.
Side effect of that: the PWA provision that requires the first legal deadhead forces messed up redeye+deadhead trips when credit can’t be spent to avoid them. This stuff needs to be fixed at the contract level
Agreed. Im actually amazed that many of these trips pass FAR 117 legality. Ya know, the rule enacted to mitigate fatigue. How about 5 days that start with redeyes, 11 hrs rest to fly out same night followed by the last 2 days with early reports and a last day with 3 legs 8 hrs+flying. Completely fatiguing and unacceptable. Something needs to change fast before an incident occurs.