Originally Posted by
StrikeTime
I can’t believe what I read on here sometimes. These selfish individuals worry more about day’s off than killing a full load of passengers in the back. There lack of regard for safety is pathetic. I would be willing to bet it’s the real senior guys who also sell out the junior guys when negotiating for a TA… it’s just the same mentality.
I have to jump in here...
For many of us, days off is the only justification left for this career. When I'm at work I'm gone...I need more days off than a nine-to-fiver to balance that out. For me it's about 15 days off to barely break even. Anything less than that and this job is QOL-negative. Eighteen is what I prefer.
This is a very, very important issue and is unrelated to safety. The concern that people have is that the FAA will mandate changes which will affect airline economics...especially regionals. It is particularly bad for regionals because they are stuck with their income level and can't change it until the next round of feed contracts.
Majors at least can raise ticket prices, and since all majors will be impacted the same it should not be a competitive issue.
But the regionals are stuck, and they will do what they always do when backed into a corner...take it out on labor. I think the frustration is that the government is changing the rules but not making any allowance for the impact on us. If I were to be limited to 12 days off, I would quit...unless the company eliminated all overnight trips and did only locals so I could be home each night.
What if you told a nine-to-fiver that he was going to have to spend 72 additional hours at work each month, unpaid. He would laugh in your face...
Originally Posted by
StrikeTime
As someone mentioned earlier, many majors already have it in there contract that 12 hours is the max. Obviously there days off are not affected by this so quit giving us this law of unintended consequences crap and start thinking like a professional.
Major schedules are different, so obviously this will not affect them much. Even some of the better regionals rarely go over 12 hours. I suspect the bottom-feeders will get hit hardest...they will take everyone down to min days off and still have to hire.