Originally Posted by
ProPilotBlue
They could, but then there are more deadheads and hotel costs. I dunno.
Not exactly. Instead of doing a JFK turn out of MCO, they do an MCO turn out of JFK, etc. Plus, with in-base layovers, they can do a lot of things to accommodate. That’s my issue when guys just want language to get rid of in-base layovers in the contract. That alone won’t fix the bad pairings. Instead of flying JFK-MCO-JFK on day 1 and then a 12 hour 3-day to create a 20 hour 4-day, they just tweek day 1 to JFK-MCO-BOS and create the same 20 hour 4-day.