Originally Posted by
Hobbit64
My last trip, we DH’d a Capt in the back to his overnight... him and about 2 other people on the plane total. After we put the plane to bed and walked out to the the curb and call for the van, the hotel said ‘the van just picked up one of you, and will be back in 15 minutes.’ Yep! Our DH Capt couldn’t wait 5 more minutes for us, or ask if we’re all going to the same place. Thanks Buddy! That thread struck a very similar note with me. It is what it is.
The same thing happened to me last month. Maybe 5 people on the airplane, including one DHing FO. We specifically discussed going to the hotel when he got on the airplane, and I jokingly told him to send the van back for us. The entire crew was going to the H.I. I called the hotel as we left the airplane, and they said he's waiting for us. As we left the terminal in AUS, we could see the tail lights of the van going around the curve of the airport exit. I called again, and they said they'd picked up another crew and the van was full. 15-20 minutes later (Uber and Lyft were more than 45 minutes away), he comes back to get us. When we got to the hotel, the DHing FO, who took off in the van, had also signed into one of our rooms, which took another 5 minutes to sort out with the front desk. I asked about how many crew members there were on the van that left, and the driver said only the one SW guy. Gotta love it.
For the record I am not one who wants concessions at all. Period. Like the FO on the thread in question, I have backup plans and will get by. But is the general SWAPA consensus that 120+ TFP/month is the new min guarantee? Like ramp thinks ‘10 minutes prior is the new 5 prior’?
108+ has equalled 87-89 for as long as I've been here. "You can always work a little extra".......
