Originally Posted by
ZapBrannigan
Anecdotally, our 737-800s hold more passengers than the 757s we had when I was at USAir. So the 757 itself is a reasonable analog to the -800, at least to me.
That said, it is asinine that in a group of 10,000 pilots there aren’t SOME percentage of commutable lines. We are a union negotiating for the collective well being, not just those who live in domicile. I don’t know what that % should be... maybe 15% or 20% and still subject to the trip rig, but yes. I believe we should have some commutable trips for the 46% of our pilots who commute. There are commutable trips out there today, mixed into AM and PM lines. They just need to be aggregated and bundled into lines of similar trips. This isn’t rocket science but it is the right thing to do for the union, not just the individual.
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The 757 at US Air wasn’t all coach was it? Spirit/Frontier cram like 230 into a A-321 while AA only puts 187 in theirs. 176 or so in their 75’s with a 3 class configuration.
In a all-coach configuration a 757-200 can carry 235 or so. A 757-300 can carry up to 295. 189 is the max capacity of a 737-800.
If computable trips are productive as non-commutable I don’t care either way. Whatever the majority wants....