Originally Posted by
vegabondpilot
No. It's part how those rules benefit everyone. It forces the company to adequately staff the airline. Some people want to max their flying. Some people want to chill. Some do both. Just because you can't hold how it works in your head, doesn't change that it actually works very well in reality. DTZ and grid rules are golden and benefit everyone regardless of your schedule preferences. You could enjoy them too with this next contract if you took two seconds to understand how they work and how they effect the system.
I flew with a guy who came to jetblue from spirit. We discussed it for a little while and compared it to what jetblue has. I don’t think bluedriver and I misunderstand the system. But I think you guys grossly overstate your QOL and/or underestimate QOL elsewhere. Just comparing schedules with NK buddies, I haven’t really been impressed. Since last October I’ve averaged working 10 days a month as a lineholder between VAC, PTO, UTO, PTS, and UTS. I could have worked 0 days last month if I wanted. Or I could have picked up 150/175/200% almost every day. I flew two trips and enjoyed my time off because I don’t like going to work anymore and it’s just not worth my time. Guess what? Spirit isn’t the only place you can do that. And DTZ isn’t the only mechanism that allows that.