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 respect your opinion and interpretation of the email, however:
How did he not blame the pilots? Sick calls, personal issues, commuter policy, and my favorite...people not following the FOM. Aren't pilots the only ones who carry an FOM?
The other reasons he listed: MX(has nothing to do with pilot staffing), last minute flying(has been the excuse for the past 18 months and why every bid award is late via 16 emails all 8 minutes apart), ground damage(has nothing to do with staffing), weather(has nothing to do with staffing). I took that email as a slap in the face and I agree with you in that it sounded desperate and panicked.
Look at all the cancellations today and try and tell me how management can possibly think we're staffed properly. I also LOVE the last sentence about how it doesn't matter how we got here(even though he listed 11 reasons on how we got here according to him) and that our attention to our operation "is appreciated before, now and in the future". I believe that about as much as I believe OJ didn't do it..(but "if I did it"..awesome book by the way)
I really can't wait to see what Uncle Rico says in his weekly update. Every week has been a challenging week and I don't want a stellar kudos. This airline is an embarrassment to work for lately. I won't accept anything less than seeing every management pilots behind sitting ready reserve for the next week and I want to see upper management in the crew room offering apologies for causing this. I've seen better management at Enron. And I don't even want to hear a PEEP from ALPA saying how we "have" to unstack next month. I'm tired of our ALPA nancy's picking up the pieces for **** poor management.