First off 8 hours isn't that bad, especially the AM shift you just sleep half of it. Second off if you think being able to sit 10 days is bad, better not look at pinnacles, because they don't have a limit on number of days of RR, and I believe they are also there for more than 8 hours.

Since my previous posts were deleted:

Vulgarity Removed:

Listen here... this has been thurougly discussed earlier. Mesaba's pay rates used to be a lot better. We took alot of big cuts on pay during bankruptcy... because we were forced to by a judge. Also ALPA, at the time managed to negotiate snap back provisions, we get a 1% snap back this coming december and another 2.5% next December. At which point our rates will be as good or better than others. So clearly in a year that "advantage" for delta you're talking about no longer exists.

Now, I will not deny that we provide a cheap work group, but that has to do with the fact that about half of our pilot group was hired within the last year. This is also bankruptcy related, a lot of the guys that would have a lot more seniority than we do now went elsewhere when we furloughed during bankruptcy.

Once again, Vulgarity Removed:
Yeah... the RR is not our brightest spot but we do have a lot of good work rules. IE Actual Block or better, time and a half for picking up open time (or being junior manned) that goes on top of guarantee(mesaba and ALPA are in talks to raise this to 2x regular pay as an incentive to pick up time), we have the 14 hour rule, and quite a few others. I suggest that it is not proper manners to bash another airline in this manner.