Originally Posted by
Emmerson Bigs
I never said there was. But between the available JSs, the myriad of routings on commercial air into MEM from around the country and possible trip revisions to find alternatives on later days, I'm saying that pilots choosing to DH to MEM at the end of a trip isn't as big an issue as doing that on the way out to start a trip.
Geez, all this information (all the commuting responses) sounds like the biggest headache especially during negotiations apparently. Understand that sometimes you have DH’s built into the line or do you always have them? If not, “Peak” has got to be the worst to commute in - how bad is it let’s say today prior to Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Years to get back home prior to the event. Or Dr slips just run rampant and the locals jump on the $ perhaps. Granted, maybe they just fly you over the holidays no worries I guess. This all sounds horrible. Y’all need pax rotator birds.
*Just like a Delta guy 2 decades ago told me - Half your job / half your pressure is getting to work and home again bottom line. Better contractual DH exist now of course, but that was then for even the Majors.