Originally Posted by angry tanker

"You're missing the point. For a greater than 16 hour duty day, it must be booked on a non-stop flight. No such animal in Anchorage or Memphis. That is why LAX will stay open.
Once again, people griping about something they are apparently clueless about?

Ref. 8.A.5.c.iv "

Okay Cubicle Commander, I'll bite.
Ref. 8.A.3.b.v - Max deadhead shall not be scheduled for more than 22 consecutive hours.

Ref 8.A.5.c.iv - does say for deadheads scheduled more than 16 hrs, non-stop, discounted first, full fare first. But if you continue reading, all of the "intent" has been removed.

I wonder why? You don't think the company would use the argument that the one portion leg of the flight has to be non-stop as long as the whole duty day is under 22 hrs. No the company never pushes the limits on the contract knowing full well our union won't grieve it. So they could say - you are going MEM-ORD-DXB. It is legal in that it is under 22 hrs duty, and the actual block time is about 15+30.

I hate it when I am "clueless" about big holes in the contract. I hate it when the company takes advantage of these holes. Back to your cubicle, while the rest of the pilots talk about issues with POS contract.

Originally Posted by repoman

The 22 hr limit will now allow them to build a shorter pairing getting rid of the intermediate layovers in Asia enroute to your final destination.