Originally Posted by
BagMan
If that s true then how is there so many day turns in open time?
If I am doing the math it seems like for every three people whining about day turns there is one who loves them. Good for those people. It is a bright spot for the company. I hope you still feel that way if you get displaced... into EWR.
You might think your to senior but with the number of small bases we have and the way things are going. I think we may all be suprised at who goes where.
The reason there are so many day trips in OT is because all (95% plus) of our trips are day trips. There are hardly any multi-day trips in OT because there are hardly any multi-day trips. And of course there are hardly any trips in FO OT at all, even day trips.
Now, about day turns more generally. Sure, there are your commuters who dislike day trips. Often those pilots are still here because they’re either too senior to leave or they’re brand new and commuting to SJU or CLE or whatnot until they can be based at home or somewhere that’s livable. Neither circumstance is going to convince the company that it needs to move away from day trips. If that Denver resident pilot who commutes to another base (we’ve all flown with them) decided not to go to UAL a year ago when UAL was hiring essentially DECs straight into DEN, then that pilot is simply not at risk of attrition—even with day trips.
Me, I’ve commuted to day trips. The worst part about it was not being home at night. Just like…. ordinary multi-day trips. It sucked spending on a place to sleep, but I made the best of it and rented a room. Ultimately it was more comfortable than hotels and more convenient to boot. Not to mention I didn’t have ti check for bed bugs every time I entered the room.
People who claim to work in aviation for the “travel” boggle my mind. For every decent long stay hotel there were many more nights in the airport Marriott. That ain’t what I’d call enjoyable.