It would have to go through the trip coverage ladder first. Category dependent of course, but seeing as how that would be a broken trip, decent chance somebody would pick it up before it went back to that very same reserve. In addition, the reserve would be put on long call and on a short layover might not have adequate rest to be assigned the remainder of the trip.

 

Great, thanks!

 

The 321 has a turbohydrocelator for more efficient chemtrail dispersion. Sometimes pilots forget to turn it off.

 

I agree with your points, but it's happened to me several times over the years in a short staffed category.

 

I really like they added an extra supply tank on the 321 for the chemtrails, that way you don’t run out when you are flying over the crazies.

 

True, but the trip has to go through the trip coverage ladder before coming back.

 

And sometimes scheduling "forgets" to end the trip for the reserve pilot.

 

Makes sense. Same size wingspan as a 737 (class III) at just under 115ft; can lift 30,000lbs more. Delta does not operate theirs at 206,000 but that could change in future configs

 

Hello all,
Is there an easy way to see the percentage of trips that originate out of SNA and ONT for the 717? Trying to get a feel for what they do and don’t want to count each one in the bid package if able.
Thanks

 

From a line perspective, looks like "all the above." Block times are definitely tighter. The 320 on-time numbers must be awful. That jet literally has more computers controlling the lavs than the 737 has total computers (don't believe me, defer the CIDS).

On the weekends - fughettabouit.

Layover times are down a couple of hours & ALV is up. The company is doing more with less and taking the hit in operational stats. Richard Anderson was an operations-minded man. Ed Bastian is a numbers man. These schedules feel like what schedules at the regionals felt like when we were Ed & Leo's lab rats.

As things stand now, when you are late a minute you might as well be late three hours. Nobody hustles once they've lost the "on time" until they figure you are about to time out. Then they find a little spring to their step rather than deal with 200 po'd people.

We've been into "extensions" 3 times in the last 30 days. Should be a rare occurrence; it is not.

Flight Operations management was beating the drum for a better system to emphasize and recover late flights when we are slightly behind schedule. Sincerely hoping their efforts yield results. Nobody likes being late.