Originally Posted by
flyallnite
And as our managers are busy slapping each others backs and handing out bonuses, they choose to ignore the true cost of cutting staffing to the bone. It should come as no surprise that people are going to need time off work regardless of their job, and that the demands of our profession only make this more necessary. They are going to need a big pencil for the next contract.
Cutting staffing to the bone would equate to PBS min staffing. We have been there before and won a grievance related to such. We are above that by a good percentage, and that is why they are taking aggressive action. Our reserve usage as well as GS callouts is in their opinion too high given where we are in relation to PBS min staffing. I call it a complex operation that has pilots working more than they ever have before, and as a result they are getting sick more. That is just me though.