Originally Posted by
Airbubba
Sounds good in hindsight but might not be contractual for a mainline crew. Also, additional rest might be needed for a reserve crew to make a morning departure, depending on when they went on call.
United's pilots are ALPA, I believe Republic's are Teamsters.
Not saying that was the only option, but suggesting it could have been a possibility. For that matter, if the passenger insists they need to be there for the next morning and can't wait for the next day's flight, then you could drive the passengers to their destination. Airline already offered $800+hotel each - surely you could rent a vehicle and pay a driver or even get a limo to drive them for considerably less than $3600-$4000 and still have some $ left over to bribe them into taking the offer.