"Don't understand how staffing could unintentionally get to be so bad", I hope this enlightens you......

Bottom line, this is NOTHING new. All one has to do it look at how UCH Mgt attempted to run CAL's staffing for 2011. They once again have chosen to tempt fate by cutting staffing to razor-thin margins for 2012. Even more so than than last summer, 2012 has proven to burn the company left and right as evidence of the "constant" VJM offers, and regular cancelations.

Following the summer of 2011 (that barely limped by), the Union explicted 'reminded' the company flat out that they WOULD NOT be able to staff the company's anticipated flying numbers for Summer Flying of 2012. Even as early as this Spring, Capt Fox would make his weekly visit to GS-Recurrents to deliver the "state of the union". In doing so, he informed the ranks that Company imposed Summer Staffing Plans would fall short of flying requirements. I heard this myself back in February, 2012. On their own accord (Capt Freddy Abbott, along with Manpower Planning's, Chip Benton), the company STILL elected to once again "push the limits" on staffing as they did in 2011, thus the utter failure that we are seeing now in 2012. Some things never change, and lessons are never learned......."20lbs of flying in a 5lbs bag is just not working".

Bottom line.....Capt Abbott's repeated inability to plan/staff his workforce properly in which to operate it's day-to-day ops falls squarely on his OWN shoulders. The current "lack of staffing" is NOT a surprise, and one that he himself chose to foster.

Honestly/sadly, this is all no surprise.