Originally Posted by
able
I will slow it down for you a bit as you don't seem to get it.
If a crew is on a minimum rest overnight and have, say a 10:00am, report time they can't get there any earlier than 10:00 because doing so would violate their minimum rest requirements and make them illegal to operate. Arriving later would cause the flight to depart late.
Therefor it is necessary that they arrive exactly at and not before report time. The only way to do this is to cut the security lines.
Utter Garbage.......this is primarily a scheduling issue. It is not the case that every 'report' for deadheaders consequently requires a mad dash via security to reach the gate to catch the flight. If it does, something is very wrong and needs addressing. You report, whenever you report. If it is not possible following that event, to then reach the gate and catch a flight with an adequate margin then the next one up is the answer with all the scheduling issues that entails. Clearly the two individuals cited by the OP were in no such rush. Many of the so called minimum rest periods are not, I will wager, regulatory minimums but actually industrial and contracted agreements between the carrier and employees i.e terms and conditions of employment 'minimum' time between sectors. There is a huge difference. If you have a decent allowance of rest time by virtue of such an agreement with the carrier there should be no entitlement (or need) to 'cut a line' because of an agreement of this type. So when you say 'violate' I believe that in many cases you are actually citing the agreement with the employer not a legal minimum, their problem, not the pax and certainly not a reason to cut a line. Alternativley, if the carrier is indeed working to bare minimum regulatory rest periods then, again, thats their problem not everyone elses and the pax shouldn't consequently have to be impacted by their employees trying to short circuit as a result. That's a choice that has to be lived with. Where there is a dedicated airport staff entrance for op crew and airport staff on duty, deadheaders have in the main, no entitlement to use it, I believe and that is because they are transported as passengers. I do get it 'able'! And there is no need to 'slow it down'. 'It' is a case of arrogance and / or a belief of entitlement to something that is not a provision to non operating crew. When will YOU get it able!? Also, I asked a question previously about deadhead flights counting towards reducing crew flying hours available (so did someone before me). Care to answer? Simple yes or no will do!