Originally Posted by
flysooner9
never said the whole airline is over staffed. Jet side of things are still hurting badly. However the ATR side to me seems very overstaffed, as mentioned above most ATR rsv guys are averaging 10 hours a month. I had a 7 hour month in July out of MIA.
Well...I'm an ERJ FO and it has officially been 9 days since I last flew. On any given day I have anywhere from 9 to 14 guys below me on reserve. I keep bidding RAP 2 or 1 and never get a call.
I'm getting so spoiled that I am actually going to bid for a RSV schedule next month again even though I can hold a line. The QOL is much better given my relatively high seniority on RSV.
On the other hand, the only lines I could hold are those horrible ones at the bottom with 300+ hours away from base, early shows, late finishes...you know what I'm talking about.
No thanks. I'll sit pretty here on Reserve until the cows come home....fly when I want and take "days off" when I want! I won't bid for a line until my seniority lets me hold one of those precious 3 day lines near the top of the bid packet...
Or until Eagle begins to furlough everybody below me..ouch!