Originally Posted by
Spudhauler
As a 73 pilot not based in Atlanta I can tell you that this is inaccurate. Lots of multiple leg days, which I wouldn't mind so much if we didn't change planes so often, long sits in places with no pilot lounges, and short layovers in crummy hotels. Happy to have more flying at mainline, but that doesn't mean we should settle for a total destruction to our QOL. To pretend that things are all rosy and then blame the pilot group is just carrying management's water, especially during negotiations for a new contract.
Yup - I agree with this for sure. I don't mind a ATL-BNA turn, but putting it together with longer flight say would help productivity and make the day seem less crazy, like MSP-ATL-BNA-ATL? The days that are long are the BHM-ATL-CHS-ATL-BHM or something like that.
After thinking back to trips in the last year, it's the long sits that are killing our days. I remember few longs sits on the 737 years ago, and shorter turns. Now, we have a longer turn time typically (but with an aircraft swap of course) and more sitting in odd places, while another crew takes our plane.