Originally Posted by
Guppydriver95
In my humble opinion, this is the biggest difference between my employer (U) and Delta, wrt fatigue calls. There shouldn’t have to be a “conversation” with anybody in order not to extend. Acars message comes across and says pretty please, you type back “unable to extend” and it’s done. All the pairing modifications happen automatically without speaking to a soul. If Delta keeps the current process in place, there will always be a certain percentage of pilots who feel like they’re being sent to the principal’s office and will extend just to avoid it. Yes it’s wrong headed and weak, but we all know it’s true. Remove the required conversation with a human from the “unable to extend” process.
We haven’t gotten ACARS messages for extensions in a while, at least I haven’t. They just update your schedule and expect you to show up. It’s on you to realize you’re going into an extension. Although the LATT worksheet on the dispatch release will show it.
If you’re not going to extend, you need to call and let them know the flight isn’t going, at least not going with you in the seat.
I don’t disagree with the bolded part.