Originally Posted by
sailingfun
How the trips are covered is pretty specific. I don’t think there is even a mechanism where they can run coverages concurrently. The scheduler pulls the coverage run for that trip. If after 30 minutes the trip has not been accepted by a pilot they are required to pull the coverage again. They often fail to do this in the interest of workload. If on the other hand a pilot calls and wants it on a WS I am sure they would pull the coverage again in exactly 30 minutes.
Can’t speak to recent events, but in 2015 on the 717, I caught them starting the ladder again from the top without calling for GSWC. I called them, they have me “we’re just doing our best tap dance.” Not 2 minutes after I hung up, I got the call for the GSWC.
As the saying goes, “if ya ain’t cheat’n, ya ain’t try’n” Do they habitually cheat? Don’t know. Do they speed sometimes? Absolutely.