Originally Posted by
notEnuf
Define “not commutable.” You get to save yourself a second flight, probably 2-3 hours and get more pay but somehow that doesn’t work for you because you want a longer day? Get the room and be fresh. The next step is home basing but if that’s not the direction you want to go, fine. C’mon man.
I already said it. I like to bid for last day or first day one leg days. Those would be gone. I also like to bid for first day starts after 5p and last day ends before noon. Those would be gone.
And no, I'm not getting a room "to be fresh." I'll get a room if the trip is not commutable but that's what I'm arguing about. If you make a 6 hour hard day rig, commutability will like drop precipitously. That isn't a compromise between commuters and locals. A good compromise is every single benefit you have had living in base (free parking, short notice GS/WS, no hotels used). There have been no other contractual benefits to commuters except for the archaic commuter policy and JS.
Saying PS to work doesn't help locals so why should we have it is exactly like arguing to get rid of the JS for the same reason.