Originally Posted by
APC225
+1. Reserves are meant for when things go bad. That's why they're called "reserves." When the company flies them like line holders, then there is nothing left when things go bad.
Back in the summer before the first recalls were started, reserves at UAL were maxing out well before the end of the month.....
For some reason, the company couldn't correlate that fact with the fact they didn't have enough pilots. This is in the days of 10 days off a month and movable RDO's, etc.
It takes them a number of months to usually see that fact. Of course, there are huge CANX numbers generated for a few months, lost revenue, pax payments, etc......
And, of course, they were advised well prior to the event happening by their counterparts at ALPA.
As to this issue regarding SL, I'd say a little deflection for their flawed plan, a little negotiating in public, and trying to put the pilots into the spotlight as the problem. Sounds somewhat in violation of that "negotiate in good faith" requirement under the RLA.......but what do I know?
Lee