Originally Posted by
FL370esq
That was not uncommon on the Shuttle....especially on a 5-leg day where you overblock on the first two or three legs and then they drop the last turn rather than keep running in delay and this knock you back down to your original guarantee. All that "work" for nothing....well.....there was the earlier finish so you could have that going for you, which is nice. 😁
Not that it matters in my situation, but I was reserve at the time.
Day 4/4 had 5 legs. We over blocked quite a bit on the trip because the other pilot was very new. So I played it safe and slow. I was rerouted for legs 2 & 3 out of the 5, and that turn was very efficient because I flew with a seasoned pilot and we under blocked quite a bit. That under blocking ate into the extra credit that had accumulated over the course of the non-rerouted rotation.
I’m over it now, but it ground my gears for weeks after the fact. Lesson learned.