Ummmmm, UAL’s current contract(not the TA that would have been voted down) has language that stipulates breakfast (hot unless you specifically order cereal) for ANY flight that has a report time before 8 AM. Yes- AUS- IAH and flights of that length and shorter have hot breakfast (sometimes the pilots choose to eat before pushback or trays delivered just passing 10,000 on climb out). No transportation at layover waiting upon reaching the curb? Uber black at block-in (aircraft block in) plus 30 minutes and expense. No questions asked and funds show up in your checking account within 72 hours. Transportation company (layovers in excess of 14 hours are not at an airport hotel so private transportation companies used) not there at hotel at pickup time? A chat icon on each pilots iPad for the flight number opens and you simply type in that you are waiting for transportation at the hotel and will get there once the transportation arrives (we don’t Uber TO the airport if transportation is late as this is their problem). This chat is monitored by the customer service team working the flight, flight attendants, operations staff (or hub operations for the zone your departure gate is located within). They make things happen when they realize we aren’t securing our own ride TO the airport (to be honest, this rarely happens). On the topic of CSRs or ops people/FAs questioning the CPT; it very rarely happens. They give us a pretty big rope at UAL and and very seldom question a decision we make. Sometimes we make poor decisions but that is on us.
For the above that I enjoy daily as a captain at UAL, I thank the UALALPA of years past who set the precedent. Sure, we just torpedoed a TA that was negotiated by some out of touch negotiators and the chairman resigned last week. I wouldn’t compare UALALPA to your snack eating captain though. Sorry.

 

This right here.... And we'll never have these things. Because we are collectively yessies. Get used to it. Can't even file for mediation. And scores of dummies keep telling us "we'll never be able to strike anyway! Because Derp Derp Derp..." I'm embarrassed. We all should be.

 

 

Man, on the 717 we had hot, moist, fresh-baked muffins. The best!!!

 

That’s because you work for a real airline, not an inbred, “we do everything our way and it’s better”, only the best Air Force “buds” and “good $7!ts” can be part of the inner circle in Dallas, we need to dumb everything down and sell off the autothrottles on the -300s, airline.

We’re just one really, really, big regional airline flying Boeing RJs that makes money despite their gross mismanagement as of late.

Is it the 20th yet?

 

I agree.
8 hrs of sleep opportunity means lights out. You get 8 hrs to sleep. You need to get to the hotel. Time to decompress. Lights out and Sleep. Time to get ready then ride back to the airport. 10hrs sure as hell doesn’t provide that.

 

No he’s right. I totally had the “sllep” opportunity last night in ATL. I seriously had thoughts about calling in fatigued but it was my day off (JA’d into it) and I was going home. I hate it when I get the sllep overnights. Two separate but distinct knocking on the door “when do you check out” calls. It was great.

 

That's actually funny. Well done.

 

see caveman, that's how you troll!

 

It's like we're twins. When I tell the captain "just FYI, my minimum rest is generally 11 hours unless our transportation/waiting for flight attendants is unicorn lucky. 10 hours at the hotel. "I don't know if they'll go for that..."

They can go for whatever they want. Just telling you what's happening for me.