Originally Posted by
St Exupery
If you read the union SSC emails you will see that the west coast bases all have near 50% or more pairings with a red eye in it. Maybe that’s what he was trying to say.
Yup, I shouldn't have said "started with a redeye" -- but last month the number of SFO73 pairings with a redeye included in the pairing was right at 60 percent. That has been consistent for the last year, at the least. (I taught AI how to read our monthly bid packages so it's easy to ask it questions about the pairings.)
Roughly half of Hawaii trips include redeyes, but those are largely contained in the 3 day pairings that go pretty darn senior bc of how efficient and commutable they are.
I'm 30 pct in the right seat and have only just started to be able to hold a full line of island trips with no redeyes. But only because I have no problem with weekends. I think you have to be top 10 pct to hold island trips, no redeyes, weekdays only...