Originally Posted by
180ToAJ
You can go back and forth on the semantics of what was technically said. I think you are missing the point, Justin.
9 hours for a “2 day” is crap.
Originally Posted by
cargoforlife
Not sure why he is calling this a 3 day trip. gone 31 hrs for 8:58. I think the issue is, and I want more trip rig, but fedex and the union pretend everyone lives in Memphis and pay us accordingly. The worst is a 6ch day turn and you commute, 6ch for 2 days. It sucks
Every airline will optimize their trips based on the contract. The passenger carriers have bases that have multiple departures and arrivals every day. Fedex has bases that have at most, two departures and arrivals per day. The lack of arrivals and departures, along with our deadhead policy that doesn't allow the company to schedule deadheads on our own airplanes, creates these pairings. Show me a passenger carrier that has the extact pairings that we do.
On the flip side, you will have the pilot that lives in the city that the mentioned pairing deadheads to brag that he was only gone from home for 10 hours, and got paid 9 hours.