Originally Posted by
Trip7
Many are using the optimizer as a scapegoat. IMO it's overblown. The main reason for the degradation in trips are a lethal combination of poor staffing, RJ flying upgauging to Mainline, and reduction of fleet mix/fleet simplification caused by retirement of 88, parking of many 717s. Many 737/320/7ER pilots are simply not used to operating the amount of legs we do now. Heck even the 717 back in the day with a LAX base had very nice trips with no more than 3 legs a day. When the plane was moved back east the schedules turned the jet into CRJ200 2.0.
It's a shock factor. Folks need to get used to it because it's not going to get better anytime soon as the Regionals collapse. Take your time, wind the clock, you're too tired to fly, call in fatigued.
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agree with everything except the “get used to it” comment. We shouldn’t ever get used to it. Flying these types of skeds is great for a 23 yr old kid building time to get on with a major, but not so much for a 50+ yr old with 20+ years at a major. Call in fatigued every time you need to, and things will change by necessity. Yes it will cost more, but that’s the cost of doing business safely and legally.