Originally Posted by
CincoDeMayo
Why do people assume the company doesn’t try and maximize the contract to their advantage just as pilots do? And what changes do they suggest to work around the optimizer? Set the overnight to 22 hours for an extra day, and you’ll see 21:59 overnights. Trigger min day pay at midnight, you’ll see trips end at 23:59. People can crap on trip rigs but it’s the one constant to help counter an optimizer
Min day is great but don’t be ****ed when it optimizes you to a 5am show day 1 and a 23:59 duty off on day 3 for 15 hours for 3 days pay, vs close to 20 with duty rigs.
Keep increasing duty rigs is the equalizer to the optimizer
Exactly. The other poster and a lot at spirit have this weird fantasy that the company just took a previous 15 hour trip, adjusted it to be 23:59 and that's it.
They feed flights into the optimizer (the one we use is kind of garbage, if it's not clear) and a bunch of rules and different weights on things. Like for example, avoid aircraft swaps in ATL for a value of XYZ. Etc etc.
The optimizer also knows crew costs (contract) so it knows rigs, soft time, etc.
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