Originally Posted by
gloopy
You just answered your own question.
One revenue seat lost is nothing compared to being able to staff an entire flight (or two...or three...) that you otherwise wouldn't because pilots were hanging out in a Burg/Ville all day for airframe flow.
Looking at pairings this morning I saw a number of days with 2 DH and no flying legs. Seems a lot of it is when the ATL 717 pilots are covering flying out of DTW.
It’s cyclical though. The more things change the more they remain the same. I’ll thank my wife again for the Bose Noise cancelling headsets when I’m in that middle seat awaiting the contractual DH improvements.