Originally Posted by
iaflyer
I'd happily have trips like SWA - but we don't - I don't imagine SWA has many long sits like we do. Recently, we had a 4:30 sit in SEA then another 2 hours in LAX on the same day. Surprise surprise, we then had a short layover because well, we were sitting around all day in the airport rather than have a long layover.
Our trip value per day might of gone up, but our duty day also went up too.
I don't think people wanting max duty days so we can get in 6 hours of flying in a day. We're talking about efficiency and no sits. I've noticed that our turns in hub have gone up a lot - where they used to be under an hour, now they seem to be more on the 1:20 side... which makes the day longer with no additional flight time.
Simple answer - Sit pay. AAL has it, 1 for 2 over 2 hours. Sit for 3 hours get 30 minutes, sit for 4 hours you get an hour. This still allows the company the flexibility to schedule sits if they really need them but it will no longer be basically a freebie for the company. By putting a cost to sits the bean counters would most likely try to minimize them.
Write your reps and tell them you want this - its already being done at other airlines. Could be a big QOL gain.
Scoop