Not that it matters in my situation, but I was reserve at the time.
Day 4/4 had 5 legs. We over blocked quite a bit on the trip because the other pilot was very new. So I played it safe and slow. I was rerouted for legs 2 & 3 out of the 5, and that turn was very efficient because I flew with a seasoned pilot and we under blocked quite a bit. That under blocking ate into the extra credit that had accumulated over the course of the non-rerouted rotation.
I’m over it now, but it ground my gears for weeks after the fact. Lesson learned.

It would be nice if the company or ALPA published reroute data. I believe the scheduling committee has posted some of it before, but not regularly.

I agree even though I’m guilty at times.


I’d love to see it but not holding my breath.

So you'd rather be paid an extra .001% profit sharing rather work for a properly staffed airline?

I would rather work for a highly successful airline because that more than any other factor is what will determine the outcome of my career. Delta is well staffed at the moment for pilots. They just don’t have them in the right seats.
In the times Delta ran a crappy airline losses to the pilot group went way beyond profit sharing.

My 35 voicemails for over 70 GS in the last two days, many of which are OOB says otherwise.

I’m NB and have had one Arcos call in the last 6 weeks with a constant blanket GS request in. I think he’s probably right, we’re not short pilots, just trained pilots in the right aircraft.

I'm guessing you are on the 220 or 717

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Yep, although some of the 737 categories aren’t getting a lot either.

At no time do we EVER "lose pay" due to a reroute. When you are awarded a trip as a line holder, whether initial PBS award or any other method, you are always guaranteed the value of the trip as created. Then that is "set aside" and your trip as you fly it becomes a work in progress. Depending on a host of possibilities, the value of your trip might increase or decrease, often several times throughout the course of the trip. Pilots should realize that just because you over blocked an hour on day one of a four day doesn't mean you've automatically made an extra hour. Further changes are always possible.

When the trip as you flew it is complete, then that value is compared to the original value and you get the higher of the two.

Let me put it this way. Let's say you have a five day originally worth 26.15. By day two, due to all sorts of bad weather, you have over blocked a lot and now your rotation shows 28 hours. "We're making time baby!" you say. Then on day three the rest of the trip cancels and you get to go home.

You get 26.15, the original value of the trip. Has the IROPS in this example "cost you?" Absolutely not. In fact in this example you're getting 26.15 for what turned out to be a three day (yes this is an extreme example that likely won't ever happen, but you get the point).

Reroutes can suck at times. I've been there. But they never, ever cost you anything other than hypothetical money. NEVER automatically assume that just because at some point your rotation shows you as "making time" that that is set in stone. Only the original value of your trip is guaranteed. All else is "TBD"

Yup if you're junior and already flying the weekends in bases like MSP and SEA probably won't get alot of calls midweek. My OOBGS ARCOS has been ringing off the hook on weekends. LAX, SLC, DTW, SEA, MSP, DTW and of course NYC

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