Originally Posted by
SSlow
We have always been heavy on 3-4 day trips, so it's nice to see some variety. For every one pilot on here complaining about in domicile turns (which is mainly Florida bases per the townhall), there are ten others living in base who will be all over them because their seniority previously could not hold them.
G4 pilot here and i will say the day trip model is something i love and a big reason people come/stay at G4. What's kind of ironic is that management here is "experimenting" with 3-4 day trips (less than 5% of the flights) and pilots are not happy about it. We are accustomed to day trips and they are very efficient here for the more senior folks. Unfortunately the 3-4 day trips that management is testing are not efficient and not even that easy to commute for.
Anyway, just my two cents. I'm sure there a folks who live in base that will bid for the day trips while the commuters can continue to gobble up the 4 day trips. I wish G4 would build some efficient 3-4 day trips to make it easier for ppl to commute here. Hopefully NK does it right and at least tries to make both the day trips and the 4 day trips desirable.