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.
Your take on the east coast flights is incorrect. If you look at when most flights to and from Europe depart and arrive in the US it will actually increase augmentation required on the Europe flights. The only flights out of JFK that can get by now with 2 man crews are to the UK. They will now require a 3rd pilot as they will be restricted to 7 hours max on at least one of the 2 legs.