Nevjets

I’m not sure if the commuter policy is the same at each airline. At xjt you have two choices: if you give yourself one flight that has at least one seat (Jumpseat counts) available at your non-rev position that gets you into domicile at least 15 minutes prior to show and you don’t make it, it does not count against you the first three times in a rolling 12 months. If you give yourself two flights instead, it is unlimited. By the way, as a commuter, sometimes it’s also important what the sick call policy is like. At xjt, if you have a doctor’s note, you can call in sick unlimitedly. I would call that unlimited commuter rooms in your own home.

DirkDiggler

Yeah nothing like a paid 4 day commuter sickation. Not sure why anybody would actually commute clause it. You can be feeling better a day later and rejoin the trip from your sick call if you so desire.

jacburn

Maybe some people have morals.

jacburn

As stated earlier, both airlines are basically the same on the commuter clause. If you have no problems with morals, then you can use the sick time. We furnish 4 hotels so you can come in the night before to take care of some of that commuting problem.

Not that this will apply to Watch, but how many of those trips in EWR are commutable trips for XJT? You know, trips that start late on day 1 and finish early enough on the last day so you can catch a flight home? It used to be almost no trips at XJT were commutable for EWR, has this changed? How many of the XJT guys are having to buy hotel rooms or crash pads in EWR because of the XJT pairings and line bidding?

I am sure that the XJT union guys that get trip pulls all the time that the pilots pay for and don't really fly should have enough time to look that up and sell it on the commutair thread.

jacburn

When was the last 145 taken out of the desert or when was it flown to the desert at XJT? Which direction are those planes going?

We are adding aircraft at C5, not parking them.

DirkDiggler

Not at XJT... not what's left anyway. I personally don't need to do it as I get 21-23 days off a month with the use of our initial line improvement window anyway.

flynd94

Shouldn’t you be at UA by now? Weren’t you one of the first to jump ship from Xjt to C5?

jacburn

Yep. I have been making some extra money in the training dept. I will be there this year.

v1valarob

As a commuter on reserve in EWR I've only had to purchase about 1 to 2 hotels per month on my own in EWR. I utilize on average 3 commuter rooms. I havent had to go with the crashpad route at all and most guys Ive talked to that preemptively get a crashpad in EWR end up dumping it. They dont use it nearly enough to justify the cost and its cheaper to get a hotel on your own dime if you do end up going out of pocket 3 - 4 times a month.

Nevjets

Basically the same? Ok, so what are the differences?

By the way, even if you don’t use a sick call for a missed commute, you can’t simply dismiss the luxury of being able to call in sick without ever worrying about attendance discipline if you always have a doctor’s note. And even if you don’t, you can call in sick 3 times in the last 12 months without ever hearing anything from anyone about it.