Could ASA crew scheduling be bigger morons?

[buscap]

Dudes!!!

IROPS have always sucked butt and they always will. Ain't worth getting this bent about.

Chill out and enjoy the free day off when you don't get informed. We used to call it LOA 27. I don't know the new and improved contract number.

Chill out and listen to some of that music you guys are always quoting and getting all gay about.

 

[John Pennekamp]

Dudes!!!

IROPS have always sucked butt and they always will. Ain't worth getting this bent about.

Chill out and enjoy the free day off when you don't get informed. We used to call it LOA 27. I don't know the new and improved contract number.

Chill out and listen to some of that music you guys are always quoting and getting all gay about.

Yes, but are IROPS supposed to happen every week?

At least when Northwest takes over, we'll have an airline that doesn't panic over an inch of show running things!

 

[buscap]

I'm wasting my time here I can see....go ahead and get all bent.

And Oh yeah!!!

Things will get so much better when Delta merges with Northwest.

Those guys are so known to run a tight ship!!! I hear they treat their employees and regional partners like one big happy freaki'n family.

Whippity skip-me-up-my-poopper Dooooooo!!!

 

[CA1900]

... They canceled (only one L by the way) ...

Might want to crack that dictionary again, tough guy.

 

[TOOL CRIB]

Might want to crack that dictionary again, tough guy.

Two L's = the British/Canadian way to spell it. And frankly I don't see the humour in that.

 

[TOOL CRIB]

Oh, and ps, Tool, who are you giving a BJ to in scheduling that you suddenly feel obligated to defend the morons?

Shouldn't you be sleeping?

 

[SilverandSore]

You may possibly be a bigger moron than scheduling. Thanks for correcting my spelling, dork. And anybody who doesn't already know who I am is dumber than you.

Now, 30 WHOLE CREWS! Whew! That'll probably take them 8 hours to figure out! Whatever will they do?!!!

Try a better comeback next time, loser.

Sorry to say, I tend to agree with Tool Crib on this one. You know the saying...walk a mile in another man's shoes....

 

[WalterSobchak]

Sorry to say, I tend to agree with Tool Crib on this one. You know the saying...walk a mile in another man's shoes....

Ditto...

Sked has to wait to find out from dispatch just what exactly is going to happen with that crew before you start getting phone calls from Shaniqua. Last I checked, sked doesn't make operational decisions.

First, the decision to cancel the bank of flights has to be made. The very next thing is to decide what to do with aircraft and crew. Are they going to repo you?...or let you sleep in at the hotel, waiting it out 'til the WX is better? Then, in the case of repo flights, those flights have to be built into multiple systems, block times estimated. and a whole multitude of other things ironed out before sked amends your schedule. Then sked has to figure out all the possible duty time repercussions of the new line.

There are a million factors that could come into play and delay or slow this process. It's not always convenient and it's not always timely. It's not always sked's fault. And, contrary to what your pilot ego sometimes whispers in your ear, it's also not always about you.

Relax, John...things could be alot worse. Hope you got to sleep in this morning.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Just log onto to the ASA live internet feed and see how these decisions are made.

Here's a picture I saved while I watched some Crew Schedulers work some of the 45 cancellations this morning.

Live ASA Feed From Scheduling Department

 

[homerjdispatch]

Ditto...

Sked has to wait to find out from dispatch just what exactly is going to happen with that crew before you start getting phone calls from Shaniqua. Last I checked, sked doesn't make operational decisions.

First, the decision to cancel the bank of flights has to be made. The very next thing is to decide what to do with aircraft and crew. Are they going to repo you?...or let you sleep in at the hotel, waiting it out 'til the WX is better? Then, in the case of repo flights, those flights have to be built into multiple systems, block times estimated. and a whole multitude of other things ironed out before sked amends your schedule. Then sked has to figure out all the possible duty time repercussions of the new line.

There are a million factors that could come into play and delay or slow this process. It's not always convenient and it's not always timely. It's not always sked's fault. And, contrary to what your pilot ego sometimes whispers in your ear, it's also not always about you.

Relax, John...things could be alot worse. Hope you got to sleep in this morning.

He will be too busy trying to catch the Generals post count to sleep....

John, chill out.... What you going to complain agaist next? Maybe your right hand isnt performing up to standards? Do what PBR does. Use the left!