SWA Hourly rate conversion
04-26-2018, 06:01 PM
#133
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East coast bases trend AM. West coast PM. The reason is that the company shifted east coast AM trips to east and central bases to avoid fatigue calls generated by a 12 hour overnight followed by a midnight body clock wake up for west coast crews.
I love PM flying, but it definitely has its drawbacks.
I love PM flying, but it definitely has its drawbacks.
04-26-2018, 08:26 PM
#136
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04-26-2018, 09:57 PM
#137
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Definitely AM by a large margin. I am die hard PMer. I don't even look at AM lines other than the weekday turn lines that I can give away, and have never once bid an AM in OT, even for premium.
It's gotten so bad in MCO the past few months that I am seriously considering bidding west and commuting for the first time in almost 18 years.
Our much touted flexibility is useless if there are no trips in open time or TTGA to trade for or bid on.
For example, out of the 42 trips (which in itself is less than normal) in MCO Capt. ELITT, 4 are PMs.
It's gotten so bad in MCO the past few months that I am seriously considering bidding west and commuting for the first time in almost 18 years.
Our much touted flexibility is useless if there are no trips in open time or TTGA to trade for or bid on.
For example, out of the 42 trips (which in itself is less than normal) in MCO Capt. ELITT, 4 are PMs.
04-27-2018, 06:42 AM
#138
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