Originally Posted by Schwanker (Post 1543212)

There are many 4 days with less than 30 FAA Flight Duty Hours. Assuming one has a 30 hour layo, which many do, you can do 4 days back to back. OUCH!

Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 1543200)

89 pilots sold their vacations. Absolutely disgusting. I'm ashamed of them.

Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 1543260)

My schedule for Jan is weird. I fly multiple back to back trips, 14 of the first 16 days, and then off the rest of the month. ***!

Originally Posted by ROBO320 (Post 1543180)

I'm trying to wrap my brain around our current and future reserve obligations. I'm just about 9 weeks from starting my 28 th year and find myself on reserve in January in ATL on the 320. I REALLY don't like reserve but here I am. Here is why. Delta offered all 320. Captains that had January vacation to sell it back to the company. Apparently to cover 717 trips and charter ops with the new FARs.

System wide- 690-vacation days were given back. 89 pilots participated.
In ATL, 10 pilots participated for a total of 71

That equates to 38 percent of ATL320A pilots on reserve! Even if you're just about to start your 28th year! Yikes:mad:

Originally Posted by ROBO320 (Post 1543214)

Well, I didn't have vacation to sell back nor would I have ever considered it. But the suffering is being felt by others...

Originally Posted by contrails (Post 1543263)

The complex new rules that are unable to be checked with simple mental math are that way for a reason -- the schedule you received ensures you will not be fatigued nor burned out. :eek:

Originally Posted by newKnow (Post 1543278)

ROB,

All I can tell you is it's only a month. If they are short, it will be a hectic month, but a least it's only a month.