Originally Posted by
DrunkIrishman
Why do you think individual rotations have to do only those routes? I can fly coast to coast and also do a 1 hr leg on the same day for a 2 leg 6+ hr day. The regionals are “regionals” and stay in their hubs. We are not and can go elsewhere. There is no need to only do Nashville turns from ATL all day long.
Whose side are some of you on anyway? Go work in mgmt if you want to justify the high leg/duty day, low layover trips.
You lose credibility and seem emotional when accusing anyone with a differing viewpoint of being management.
At the end of the day, we've reached an interesting place. RJ flying is quickly returning to mainline, and mainline fleets like the 320, 737, and 757 have the ability to do transcons and 1 hr legs efficiently. This perfect storm allows the optimizer to "optimize" the pairing. More over, RJs can't do transcons so redeyes were not at the regionals. Combine all those factors and we've reached a Brave new world in the Airline Industry. With critical staffing persisting for quite some time, I don't see things changing any time soon. Pilots will just have to deal with it.
On the brightside, there is PLENTY of movement and every pilot on the list will have an opportunity to find happiness SOMEWHERE. Bid WB anything you can hold on the next AE. Sign up for SLI. Sign up to work in the CPO. If you live in ATL go be senior on the 320/717/737 in ATL drop your trips and wait for short leg out and back 2 days.
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