Originally Posted by
4fans
It seems weird that not having positive space commuting is viewed as potentially causing huge problems even though it didn’t cause huge problems prior to covid. Am I missing something? Company will book you a seat on your second flight if you can’t get a seat right?
I commuted for several years and now live in base. Maybe something has changed that I don’t know about.
One of the biggest factors is that there are a lot of city pairs that are still down 2-3 or even more flights per day from the pre-pandemic schedule. So not only are there fewer jumpseats overall, but fewer flights means having to come in even earlier than you used to on your primary flight and sit longer before ever starting your trip. And the flights we do have are going to be much fuller overall, especially over the busiest holiday travel season this company has ever had.