Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
There is some negative impact on most of the majors. Most of the Europe flights back to the US East Coast can now be flown 2 pilot. I don't remember the last time I was SCHEDULED over 13 hours anyway, so I suspect that our schedules won't change much, if at all. My prediction is this is going to be a net negative for our manpower at UAL.
I'm dismayed to see that there is no provision to lower the monthly/yearly flight time limits, and I don't see any change to Whitlow. I guess ALPA didn't learn anything from Little Rock. Hopefully by the time the final language is written, this will be addressed.
I think that the augmentation rules were left untouched, i.e. > 8 hours = 3 pilots. There is a lot more to this report, ALPA only published some representative tables to counter the air carriers that put out their version yesterday. As they said in the fast read, everyone was supposed to wait until the FAA published their NPRM. Since the carriers broke their promise, ALPA probably wanted to get out something to counter their position lest it become generally accepted as a consensus opinion. According to one of the ARC participants, the report is quite detailed and cannot be described in a short period of time. I recommend again that everyone wait for the full report before making any substantive conclusions.