Originally Posted by
symbian simian
And I would rather have commutable trips, so aiming for something that benefits all (better rigs & pay) is better than something that hurts half of us (daily pay). You keep calling it a three day, so you would be totally happy with a 2 day check-in 10 minutes pay midnight, red-eye to the east coast. Long sit, back early afternoon. Pays 10 hours, same TAFB as those horrible 3 days, and same 10 hour pay. They optimize trips to minimize crew pay.
There are plenty of ways to make commutable 3 and 4 day trips with a min day, we had them at my last airline. If it’s commutable trips that you’re looking for, you should be asking ALPA to put pressure on the company to move away from the day line model that they’re pursuing. I doubt there’s much they can do about it but that’s the bigger issue in my opinion.