Originally Posted by
symbian simian
No doubt. And so is losing DTZ R/G 4day. it was fun while it lasted. It would have been much easier to keep without JB, but no one asked me.
Let me riddle you this though. If everything is industry standard, why does every company still have its own CBA?
If industry standard means we lose all the good stuff, but we can't get the pay, maybe industry standard isn't helping us.
The majority of people don’t enjoy red eye flights, but what I would enjoy less are 4-5 leg a day pairings because the company wants to squeeze their money’s worth out of an average daily credit. It also doesn’t mean red eye flying will disappear. Utilization, transcons, and longer range aircraft will see to that. Can it be frustrating to fly lower credit pairings, of course, but I also don’t want to sell flexibility for a few dollars more.
Either way it’s important to openly discuss both advantages and pitfalls of either philosophy.