Crew Sched called 8 times

[~~~^~~~]

It is cheaper to chronically understaff an airline and extend people at time and a half than it is to let your employees have the days off that you promised them. If ASA had its way, the entire seniority list would show at the airport a 04:30 and stay there every day until the flying was done at about 03:00. For an example, just look at integration when it takes about 90% of the seniority list to cover the flying with everyone getting something stupid on their schedule, like an ATL-CHA round trip while another crew is just getting released from ATL-CSG.

ASA not only does not care about it's pilots quality of life, managers get pleasure from purposely junior manning, or extending, someone when they know that they need to be off for their spouse, or other family members (and I have heard this from the manager laughing about it)

Then there is the other benefit of chasing off your pilots who can not take it any longer. They are always replaced by a cheaper, less senior, pilot.

It is bad news that Delta is about to tank, but the silver lining is that a lot of pilots at ASA will find their lives much improved when ASA's Crew Schedulers have to find other work.

 

[COOPERVANE]

I hope you are right about schedulers having to find other work. But why would they need to. At least for a pretty long time. Is there some wonderful news that I havn't heard?

 

[Beechman]

I've found that bidding the stand up (high speed, etc.) all month life is a lot better minus feeling a bit tired for a couple of days. We show at 8:30pm and finish at 6:40am the next morning with about a 5 hour nap at the hotel. When we get back in the morning we can't be extended. So basically work three nights and have the rest of the week off. So far so good!!

 

[~~~^~~~]

Beechman - yes, a good deal until your flight cancels. Staying up for 36 hours is no fun and potentially dangerous.

Wonder if we airline pilots will ever get work rules as good as truck drivers.

Flying is fun - but the profession s u c k s.

 

[711-24-7]

I am glad to be on the ATR side. They called me last night to cancel my trip.

On the other hand over 50% of the ATR's stay in mx majority of the time. But hey when they fly that one trip day they save money on fuel. But here at a great company based in Atlanta we rather spend tons of money on mx, training and pay just to save little fuel money on one flight a day.

 

[pilotkppsg]

Kinda off topic I guess, but w/ the recent purchase will ASA continue to hire? They sent me a app package and I filled it out, just haven't heard anything yet, I'm starting to become concerned. Maybe PSA is the way to go.

 

[avpro91]

After I got JM to a CDO last weekend to cut into my week off that I worked so hard to creatively manipulate for myself. They had the nerve to call me twice a day later for a JM...blatent contract violation. Glad to see too that nobody else is answering the phone either.

 

[Rogue5]

Should SKYW guys expect to get TDY'd to ATL?

Sweet...

 

[CF34-3B1]

Should SKYW guys expect to get TDY'd to ATL?

Sweet...

You wouldn't think so if you'd ever actually had to be based here.

Let's see, ground delay program every inbound leg.


Slow to 250 as soon as you check in with ATL Center. Vectors for spacing. Advise ready to copy holding. On a nice VFR day.


"Copy Dat" on ops frequency.

"On at :07, in at :51" (That was last night)

"Anyone seen the lot 2 bus?"

Oh yeah, you can have this place. Just remember to bring us some of your FAs.

 

[Rogue5]

Been there, done that. No thanks.

Still trying to figure out how to make sarcasm come across a computer screen...

 

[PalmettoPilot]

Ok so Scheduling has figured out I don't answer the phone when they call.

They so far haven't tried to jr man me prior to starting my 4 day. (72 hr rule).

They are possibly too lazy to put a note in the mailbox.

What's the deal with the call scheduling message delivered on ops freq? What happens if we don't call?

Just a thought.

 

[atrdriver]

Of course if you have a good excuse (I just went scuba diving works....) you can answer and have some fun with them.

If you were here and did that they would hit you with an occurance. It HAS happened. Recently. Just easier to not answer the phone at all.

 

[ASAFOE120]

Pray they dont tdy yall to ATL. Its the worst airport in the country. Allready running 2.5 hrs behind schedule thursday night on the way back to ATL (wx is 11,000 brk 8 miles vis) and we have to hold over sinca! I held more on my last 4 day trip trying to get into ATL than i did in the entire 3.5 years that i was based in dallas.

 

[Morning Wood]

How about:

Calls enroute on SELCAL, releases not being transmitted to the gate until the crew calls in, supervisors standing at the jetway with additional shift assignments, phone calls at the hotel at 3 am, etc . . .

(because eveyone is SICK of being tagged for extra shifts)

Wow. Some of those same tactics Delta used during their pilot contract
negotiations a couple years ago.

 

[601Pilot]

All of these are just some of the reasons I have forgot how to single-engine taxi...