Originally Posted by
Flyby1206
Seems like Y list could be a pain if you originate in TPA and end with an operating leg to MCO. Now your car is in TPA and you have to find a way back to get it.
Our VDA system in that example would start with a ground transportation leg from MCO-TPA in which the pilot could ride along on, leaving his car in MCO which makes the back end a lot easier.
Report time from callout varies wildly for VDA and a pilot could be called and then bypassed because Crew Scheduling determines it takes too long for the pilot to report.
I think you’re misunderstanding the example. The pilot lives in TPA, his car is in TPA. He is based in MCO. A Y list would be for a trip that has its first operating leg from TPA, say a pilot busted out sick in TPA on an overnight and they need a CA for that flight now. A transportation leg from MCO to TPA does nothing for the TPA pilot, he is in TPA, Y listing for TPA originating trips.
The point of the Y list is to avoid having to put a pilot in a car and drive them from MCO to TPA, when we have pilots living in non domicile bases, wanting to operating a flight.
For NK, you could do well if you lived in a non domicile city where we do a lot of overnights; LAX and BWI come to mind.