No, I don't consider your ADG and min day industry leading, because they create worse schedules!
Industry leading pay? No!
I'll give you the industry leading scope, but as I said, it's basically irrelevant.
Worse schedules.
This is simply an opinion on your part.
You say non-commutable- but this is airline 6 for me- 4 of which were hub and spoke -
It's that model which creates commutable schedules, not our rigs. Our bases are created when we reach a tipping point with terminators. A hub and spoke carrier has bases in their hubs-
It's just a different dynamic
Prove that one out a little more - how would lowering our rigs make better schedules. If there are other ways to skin that car- please demonstrate.
As for commutable my sleep improved and blood pressure dropped significantly when I got hired here.
I don't commute and I will say that I like getting off work and having a bank of flights to catch - just for when I want to travel.
It bums me out a little that SWA doesn't have that bc for me to travel now, it's go home, unpack, sleep, get back in the monkey suit and nonrev-
It's much nicer to just go when you're already there.
And I see how it sucks for commuters-
But for family and healthy living?
I love flying my PMs and keeping my sleep consistent.
117 didn't address it, but the #1 most fatiguing element of airline schedules is reversing your sleep schedule each and every week. Day 1: start late, maybe commute in in the morning. Fly til midnight-
Fly 4 days- and by the last day up at 4am to be done before that last bank or two.
Day 5 was always zombie day no matter how easy the flying in between was-
I also love that our model has me doing more flying in 3 days than I used to do in 4. And on much smaller duty times.
At hub and spoke, we routinely would fly 12+ hours- several times per month-
We bitch about 10 hours here.
It isn't perfect but my body goes to bed and wakes at the same time every day working or not-
And that will make one happier and healthier over time