Originally Posted by
Banshee365
By you saying that management is blaming us, that is simply your interpretation of the email. I didn't get that impression at all. I did sense some fear and frustration for once which may be what it takes to get some changes around here. The response from management in the recent past has been that our staffing numbers are okay but the utilization is where the problems are. We have no idea how many pilots are calling in sick to spite what we all think are staffing problems. We could be 200% overstaffed and if everyone decided to call in sick at certain times we would appear to be understaffed. I can totally see why some pilots may feel the need to do that because they need to get time off anyway they can, especially on reserve. I feel this is, unfortunately for the company, some of the things to be expected by scheduling reduced rest overnights, max duty day's, etc... I hope we can get the operation lined back up on our end and especially on the company's end.
I too do not get the feeling of blame. I think our preformance numbers have been poor since last year and we are behind the curve. I see a lot problems that have developed in the scheduling department from lousy use of reserves to inefficent lines assigned to holders. As we compete against Pinncale who may or may not cost less, you're going to see us run lean.
With that said, I'm a firm believer we will be loosing some flying this fall. No this will not cause a furlough, however, this is why we are not hiring as much on our side of the fence compared to Xpress (that and we have zero growth).