Originally Posted by
ExAF
So now that we all have the secret decoder ring the bottom line is that the list is absolutely WORTHLESS in giving you a feel for where you stand in the list and your chances of getting assigned a rotation. GREAT! Did I mention I love the new DAL way of doing things?
I think alot of DAL-S guys will agree with you on this one. The regional airline I worked for had a far superior crew interface for scheduling. The top three improvements on my list for e-crew would be:
1. Have PCS runs every hour so you get more open time "churn" and have more than three shots per day at changing your schedule.
2. Produce a GS/WS availability list that shows who has a GS/WS request in for a particular day.
3. Have the reserve availability list for the entire month not just the current day and the next day. On the reserve availability list place the time that the particular person is available for duty so we could have a better idea of who scheduling can and cannot use on a particular day at a particular time.
These would cost very little, if any, for the IT guys to make available and would make some very good improvements to the entire system.
Or we could throw e-crew away and pull the DAL-N system out of the closet and go to that one. I've heard it was much better than e-crew.