Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Recovery flying is a huge cost savings to the company. In virtually every IROPS it reduces greenslips by a huge amount. Elimination of recovery flying would also mandate a increase in staffing across all categories.
A 12 month freeze for new hires saves some money but it would be pennies on the dollar compared to recovery flying.
Again I would be shocked if we eliminated recovery flying by agreeing to a 12 month freeze. The company would never go for it. Changes to recovery yes but to eliminate it for this change would really surprise me.
Are you confusing recovery flying with a reroute? If you are, then I agree with you, you cant run an airline without the ability to reroute.
What we are talking about is the good deal of years past of bidding to fly with a line check airman because your trip would get bought for an OE. You would get paid without working...we gave that up, now it sounds like we got it back. Hardly reason to open the hiring floodgates.