Originally Posted by
crewdawg
Look we all get the FAs have crap rules, that's not the point. The point is we should have some kind of semblance or consistency in our bid packets. That should include an even distribution of trips of 1 to 5 days. I get commuters love 5 days, well I love 1, 2 and 3 days. It's crap when we suddenly have zero 1 and 2 day trips. I get wanting 4 and 5 day trips for the commuters but we should have an equal share of 1 to 3 day trips for the local pilots.
Im a commuter and I HATE 5 day trips. The only 5 day trips that I don’t entirely hate are the 5 days with 4 duty periods, a long layover on the 3rd night, with a red eye at the end. If I could work commutable 3 day trips, I’d do it, but rarely do I see commutable 3 day trips on the 320. I can tolerate 4 day trips but it seems even commutable 4 day trips can be rare, depending on the time of year.
Also, the FA’s seem to have lots of 4-5 hour sits on their trips. That alone would make me vote in a union at the first opportunity.