Originally Posted by
Noworkallplay
Are DL pilots still trying to get a contract? If so, why so much chatter about premium trips and stumbling to pick them up? Are these the same trips being revised and extended that many are complaining about? Seems to be self inflicted wounds?
As mentioned above, reserve GS is where I see most pilots flying premium.
fly a trip on days off, get paid straight time for the trip, have your next reserve days = to that trip length dropped with no affect on your guarantee (plus a carve out for more time off if the trip releases after 3pm) . If you do it right you finish the month with 150 or so credit having worked fewer days than if you sat reserve. (This is referred to as rolling thunder)
the trips I get on reserve tend to be the long days and short nights that we see in the bid package, the trips I see go out as GS tend to be broken up and far less actual flying.
rolling thunder and GSWC don’t solve the company’s staffing problems.