Originally Posted by brocklee9000

I could fill volumes with reasons I couldn’t wait to get out of regionals. This was certainly a big one for me. It was just getting worse and worse. You either got 40 min turns on 5 leg days (ie no way to recover delays, especially with a 10hr layover on both ends) or 2 legs with a 3+hr sit in a hub. Likely that whole day, even with duty rig 2:1, paid less than MDG (which was 4:12 for us). Long sits plus increasing min rest (“trips are getting more efficient, everyone!”), either/or they both suck. I’ve combed through pairings here and it seems like the longest I’m seeing are about 1:30.



If I could change 1 thing (aside from payscale of course), it would be MDG instead of min duty period. Just picking at random, L3399 Las Vegas. Reports 2259 Monday, all night to Buffalo land at 7:19 Tuesday. 25hr layover. Day 3, fly home 9:29 to 11:24. All for 10:29 credit. I’m assuming that’s the 3.5 duty rig kicking in, so it pay a little more than just 10hr. Bleh. Nothing like starting work one day at 11pm body clock, just to flip it around to 5am body clock. Min daily wouldn’t make that feel any better, but at least the credit would be higher so maybe you don’t get stuck with as much of that flying.