Of course not. What I'm saying is they need those types of airplanes at mainline asap. Like yesterday. Their 'portfolio' of regional flying is rapidly becoming a liability.

 

I heard that the last minute changes from marketing were to add the DCI flying that can't be flown into the mainline fleet. Mostly 717/319 flying.

 

That is likely true. That is also why 93% of the trips on the 717 (in ATL at least) are 4 and 5 days. In fact there are more 5-day trips than 1, 2, and 3 day trips combined!

When network adds a bunch of unanticipated flying all at once (a good thing, but better to get a little advance notice) the trip construction software ends up building a lot of these longer trips. I was a bit peeved about that and emailed both my reps and the Rotation Construction Committee and they gave me the same answer.

Thank God for the TLV (Target Line Value). The ALVs are going to have to come down soon due to the TLV. Really wacky things might be seen in terms of trip construction when that happens...or not.

Funny thing is that you can never predict the eventual fallout. For example I was camping over Colombus Day weekend. I came back to 6 IA "robo calls." This month I bid reserve as well and am just finishing a three day block of reserve days where many of us--myself included--not only didn't fly, but didn't even sit short call.

Next month could be either extreme.

 

Ha. Just posted on DeltaNet that if you commute on GoJet or Shuttle America to watch out for cancellations.

 

That's more of what I'm getting at...the TLV. This might be a small crisis for the company by this summer if things continue to unravel at the regionals.

 

And thank God we shot down the TA. It raised the TLV by an hour.
That little gem didn't generate a lot of controversy among all the other stuff but it was a pretty big productivity concession.

 

I do believe that we have waived the TLV restriction in the past to help out the company. Matter of fact I can't remember a time where we haven't come forward and helped out the company when needed. That is why I was more than a little put off when they acted the way they did during TA15.

 

We gave productivity concessions in the POS failed TA? I must have dozed off during that part of the dALPA roadshow.

 

In the absence of a new TA, I would think a UAL/AMR pay match would be in order before granting them a piece of tissue to wipe there @$$.

 

If you are in a "pure international" category the PD rules are different.