Like I've said before...we are so overfueled and overblocked, and we operate out of airports that are pretty efficient compared to the national avg (MSP & DTW de-icing ops and traffic flow is good compared to JFK/ATL/etc. and MEM is super compared to most hubs of that size nationwide)...it is essentially impossible to show up late barring unforseen mx or wx issues. 250 won't cut it unless it's an extremely long flight (although the extremely long flights are even more overblocked it seems).

One thing I do think is somewhat sadistic is that sickness crap in the last flt ops memo...I can understand a "wellness program" in the corporate sense (i.e. a genuinely good-hearted attempt to lower your company's health costs, provide reduced-rate gym memberships, encourage preventative healthcare, etc.)....but that wellness stuff at 9E is such a thinly veiled propaganda campaign against "being sick" that I can't believe they don't get some sort of slap on the hand from the FAA for that program...a genuine wellness program would give us reduced rate gym memberships and pamphlets on quitting smoking, preventative healthcare tips (what ages are recommended for heart function tests, breast exams, etc.)...9E instead is basically saying "if you don't call in sick you win a free camera." It makes me sick as someone who worked in healthcare for several years before coming here...it is such a sadistic doublespeak program.