Mixed base crews at DAL

[chperplt]

It seems like common practice at DAL to have cabin crews from one base and flight crews from another working the same flight. The flights I regularly commute on in and out of CVG seem to always have SLC or NY cabin crews with CVG flight crews.

Doesn't that defeat the cost savings of having multiple crew bases?

 

[General Lee]

Eventually the crews will stay together and have shorter turn times, thus making it more efficient. (supposedly) We also hardly ever stay at the same hotel with the stews, thanks to the "Delta Wives Club". Those Delta wives have OBVIOUSLY NOT seen our stews lately----there is absolutely NOTHING to fear there.


Lately the stews have been getting their arses kicked because they switched to PBS scheduling and have NO rules. They don't abide by the FAA rules---they can fly 50 hours in one week (Song stews often do 5 straight FLL-LAX-FLL turns---red eyes too) and they all turn into unattractive zombies. That's the one thing we pilots have going for us---we still have rules. (Until the Jetblue guys campaign to allow JFK--LGB turns!)


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[bafanguy]

For the whole 30 years I flew @ Widget Wonderland, the reason given for the FA's lines of time being different from the pilos had to do with the differing sets of scheduling rules. This made it uneconomical to schedule FA's by pilot regs.

Is this true ? No idea...

We always thought it would be operationally better to keep acft, pilots, and FA's together for an entire rotation. But, I know I never had the Big Picture.

 

[DLslug]

Dear Baf...

The reason that crews don't stay together, like the General said, is really work rule differences.

For example, shorter airport layover for the FA's...longer downtown layover for the cockpit crews resulting in the next morning departure with different flightcrew.

When crews are scheduled different, it is hard to keep them together. However, with the changes coming the pilots will be scheduled much more like the FA's (blaa!!) and it will be easier to keep the crews together.

All for now,

DLslug

 

[bafanguy]

slug,



..and we have a unanimous vote !!!

 

[JohnQ]

There are other reason as well, such as FA bases that no longer are (or never were) pilot bases.

For example, we have FA (but not pilot) bases at MCO, BOS, MIA/FLL, and TPA (Song only). BOS and MIA once were mainline pilot bases, and MCO was a pilot Delta Express base. TPA never was a pilot base as far as I know.

But the bottom line is that it is hard to keep MIA FAs paired with pilots when there are no MIA pilots! Etc.

 

[DDpaysoff]

We also hardly ever stay at the same hotel with the stews, thanks to the "Delta Wives Club". Those Delta wives have OBVIOUSLY NOT seen our stews lately----there is absolutely NOTHING to fear there.

Bye Bye--General Lee

I don't know. NY seems to be the secret hideout. Shhhh.

 

[BAFAN]

I say it's the wives club.