ASA Nap Reduction....

[Cpt Oveur]

I personally like having more days off, but then again, that's just me.

 

[ohplease!]

4-Day trips are far worse than naps..... The fact that Scott is dumb enough to think they are "more productive" shows what a bonehead we have in charge...

Don't get all in face about "productivity" when we have had 400 or so pilots on reserve!!!! Plus look at all the extra hotel expenses and per diem assoc. with 4-days!

-Scott is a special type of fool!

tough words from an anonymous idiot. Be a man and put your name with your idiotic words.

 

[IFLYASA]

Naps are a great way to make easy money. If you pick up 2 naps a month, that's an easy 12-13+ hours over block for those high credit gurus like myself.

I'd much rather work a tough 3 day than an easier 4 day. Why should I chose to be at work on the 4th day when I could be at home in my own bed the night before.

 

[Abernathy]

I personally like having more days off, but then again, that's just me.

Bid reserve. I haven't flown in almost a month!

Hope i still remember..

 

[WalterSobchak]

You're lucky that you can adapt so well to bullsh**.

We're talking about PCL_128...what is there for him to adapt to?...he's full of the stuff.

 

[DYLIN]

Question from someone at another company:

What does a CDO pay, at a minimum?

Let's say you have a 9PM report time and an 8AM release time with 3 hours of flying.

Thanks, just curious as to how it compares.

 

[centralpilot]

Question from someone at another company:

What does a CDO pay, at a minimum?

Let's say you have a 9PM report time and an 8AM release time with 3 hours of flying.

Thanks, just curious as to how it compares.

At ASA, the duty rig pays 1 hour for 2 hours of scheduled duty up to 12 hours, then 1 for 1 after that. Your example is 11 hours of duty, which would pay 5.5 hours. A 13 hour CDO would pay 7 hours, etc.

 

[Speedtape]

One of the reasons there will be less naps is that there are less late night departures due to the economy and the time of the year. When traffic picks up again and maybe this summer during peak travel season, there will be more naps. Another reason the number of naps are being reduced is the rig makes them worth 5-7 hours versus 2-3 hours.

Less naps = less 3 day trips--much less

My guess is that there will be less naps and that translates into less 3 day trips. Also, there will be more day lines and poor quality 4 day trips. They may save some money on the naps, but somewhere the costs will increase. And, just like before, schedules will be worse and morale will be in the toilet. Have we not been there before?

 

[Citrus531]

Are you guys able to sleep the 3-4 hours on naps when you get to the hotel? I'd be afraid I'd oversleep and be running out the door....also I feel like crap after 3-4 hrs of sleeping....it's either a short nap or I'm in bed for the long haul.

 

[FishandFly]

tough words from an anonymous idiot. Be a man and put your name with your idiotic words.

Yeah, that's what flightinfo is all about.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Are you guys able to sleep the 3-4 hours on naps when you get to the hotel? I'd be afraid I'd oversleep and be running out the door....also I feel like crap after 3-4 hrs of sleeping....it's either a short nap or I'm in bed for the long haul.

At ASA we encourage all the new parents to bid these. 3-4 hours in a hotel is a dream compared to being up every 2 hours with a newborn at home.

 

[Papps]

Lots of guys like naps. I don't bid anything else. Once you get used to the sleep pattern, there's nothing dangerous about them at all.

Except the fact that they make people age in dog years.

 

[Browntothebone]

More staged overnights = MORE 4 day trips!

Watch and see.

What's so bad about a 4 day trip? Those are cake here.

 

[aeropharoh]

with 150 captains on res on the 200 we should just create more nap lines and spread the credit out. The company just doesnt want nappers to have 16 days off.

 

[Medeco]

Except the fact that they make people age in dog years.

That is sooooo true!

Medeco

 

[Medeco]

Bid reserve. I haven't flown in almost a month!

Hope i still remember..

Did you notice the Ready Reserve assignment tangent they went on last week?

Some got two days in a row.

Medeco

 

[USCtrojan]

The Company is required to try and be efficient. While there is a need for some Nap lines, they are horribly inefficient. They Credit quite a bit of flight time, while in return only block typically 2-3 hours pending on destinations. I believe the Company is trying to bring our costs down for long time viability. If that means reducing Nap lines for a little while while our DCI Contract goals trigger, so be it. It's a give and take, and at least the Company is giving. It's nice they've offered so many Nap lines as long as they did. They're not "screwing" anybody. At least not like the days of old.

Trojan

 

[jstyle13]

Did you notice the Ready Reserve assignment tangent they went on last week?

Some got two days in a row.

Medeco

Thats what happens now when you're that chump at the top of the list with 6-5 days of reserve availibilty.....

 

[Abernathy]

Did you notice the Ready Reserve assignment tangent they went on last week?

Some got two days in a row.

Medeco

Noticed. Also noticed that none of them really ended up flying.

 

[SLUF4]

also bad if you're on reserve and they just throw a few random naps in there you have to adjust to