yep, this is how I see it too. We fought for Min Day. Basically, we no longer wanted to zip up the monkey suit and fly to ALB and sit in the Merry Acres for 18 hrs for 45min of pay. It was mutually beneficial to have us work. With these new rules, I think there will be a big, internal, push from the company to have "Max Day". Probably 6 hrs. Then take the before 7am duty in's and their limitation on duty day and I think it will be hard to top 5 hrs per day. Transfer that to next summer and how many pilots we will have (severe shortage) and our entire pilot force will be working Min days off and their schedule will come from that last condition of PBS, Select All Pairings.
A big push now is needed in our contract language. We need more flexibility so that line holders don't continue to stress the reserves with the draconian sick call, red arrow, and low coverage, and occurrence system we have now. It's quite simple. When I am forced to work when I have other commitments, which is not that often, I call in sick. I have no choice. Then a reserve must cover 4 days rather than an afternoon.
