Originally Posted by
Otterbox
Doesn’t really matter. Without rolled days off, DAL has to account them in their vacancies where at UAL they can just roll a Reserve WB CAs days off and double augment flights (regardless of time for “operational integrity”) at will when it suits them without supplying extra manning opportunities in the form of WB CA vacancies.
If it’s only a handful of flights it doesn’t really move the needle, United publishes the relief captain spots in the bid package so they are planned ahead of time.