Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
What you fear is exactly what has happened at B6. Got the 5 hours per day, suddenly all the 10-12 hour 3 days were gone. They weren't suddenly 15 hour 3-days with the same trip footprint, they were built into longer trips.
At first those longer trips had the red-eye at the beginning or end, but lately the red-eye is in the middle, and they have added a turn or other flight at the beginning of end, 90-95% commutability destroyed as of recently.
It’s why a trip rig/duty rig worth a crap is the goal. It’s all
about how long you are TAFB. If they keep me in a hotel for 21 hours, I should be getting paid. Min day is great, but trip rigs/duty rigs is what forces the company to use of effectively, or they pay more.
At work, I’ll work, and then I want to go home