Originally Posted by
NoDeskJob
what fleet Crewdog?
717. We appear to slowly be migrating to 4-day trips (over 50% of our rotations).
Originally Posted by
Whoopsmybad
The only thing to do is if you are fatigued, call out. The company claims to be all about the data. If data shows that a type of line construction or coverage leads to more call outs maybe they change the way they do things.
I am not suggesting calling out if you are not fatigued. We as pilots (for the most part) are forward leaning and would rather fly the trip vs call in fatigued/sick. This detracts from safety. I’ve been sitting next to someone who is nodding off/sick enough that I’m working for 2. Call it what it is.
The company clearly hasn't read
The Tyranny of Metrics. Your points are spot on in that they lean on us to be a get the "mission" done type. Great example...a while back we were babysitting a broke jet and were given a hotel room for a 5+ hours sit. Not a single call from anyone updating us on the situation.
Originally Posted by
AirbusPTC
In a recent letter on the subject of "Post month look-back", our Crew Resources Guru finally admits shorter trips are cheaper for Delta to cover . "Because of the analysis we've done we see benefit in shorter trips, but have a difficult time building them because of the confluence of how the network flies (structure of banks, time channels covered, pace of the recovery, etc.) and the rules that generate credit, efficient legs are being consumed into longer rotations to offset these challenges." So as we've suspected for ten years now 4 and 5 day trips are more EXPENSIVE for Delta to operate. Delta operates more expensive trips either because they can't "figure-out" a better way to construct the trips or some ulterior motive? So not only are the current trip selections miserable for flight crews, they are more EXPENSIVE for Delta to cover.
Yes sir! Just like BS has side time and time again, shorter/more frequent AE's are better for them, yet they never execute that option.