Tell him, it will ruin your latency score.

 

So it goes from "we learned our lesson... making changes"...to "now we are going to do the same thing on a bigger scale"

 

I’ve never understood why guys chose to give up the release until no kidding ready to push.

 

they have gotten themselves so far behind the hiring power curve that they don’t have a choice. They are already bouncing up against TLV/ALV limits (hence no summer vacations). The only way to try to make up the difference and add 3-4% capacity is to try and squeeze even more blood from the rock. Good luck to us all

 

There was no ask or agreement. We set our report time after block in the night before. The departure time changed at some point when we were in rest.

The one thing I shouldn’t have done was to sign the release until after all the checklists were done.

All that being said we went at our own pace and caught the mistakes made by those who were “rushing”.

 

Good call.

(What happened to the beer cheer emoji in this place?)

 

I'm uninterested in rushing or trying to get an ontime when the company can't properly account for delays or equipment swaps.

 

For gate agents, on time is door closed. I've had them close the door with bags stacked to the ceiling just to have to reopen it and check them.

 

Just to go with the silly attempts to squeeze more theme: Accepted an OOBGS to fly ATL-SRQ. GS awarded at 2250 at night, departed just after midnight, with a rotation that said operate out, then deadhead back at 5 am. Shortly after takeoff, dispatch asks us if we will operate the 5 am flight back instead of deadhead, otherwise it will be delayed 4+ hours. We turned down the request without hesitation and went to a hotel to take a nap. It made me wonder, however, if the company ever actually had a crew to fly that return leg or if they were attempting a bait and switch from the beginning? I know I would not have pursued or taken the GS had it meant leaving close to midnight, sitting 2-3 hours at an outstation, then operating back, so did they offer up a GS that looked easy, with the intent to try and get the crew to solve the remainder of their staffing problem?

 

If you wonder why did you not just look and see?