Originally Posted by
172skychicken
I'm starting to lean towards being against another increase in trip rigs, duty rigs, or minimum/average calendar day as well, at least without substantial changes to ALPAs control over the way rotations are constructed. Given that a change like that would dramatically increase soft time, I think it's unlikely we see that work in our favor. Given the choice, I would rather keep the current rigs and improve the rules surrounding how they build rotations, versus further increasing the rigs and watching the trips get even worse. And before someone jumps in and says that all the domestic trips have already gone downhill anyway, in many seats, they can still stand to get a lot worse. I don't think I'm alone in saying that I'm not willing to completely trash QOL at work just to get an extra day off or 2.
You are not alone! If we get 6 hours a day, they’ll get that work out of us somehow, and the commutable trips will disappear and we will be like southwest, either working AM’s or PM’s. We will consider ourselves lucky if we can commute on one end. Yeah, I know, commuting is a choice. I was going to move to a Delta base when I got off probation, but then I got furloughed for 4 years. By the time I returned, life got in the way.