Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
It has nothing to do with the TA. It has more to do with implementation of LOA 29 and the schedulers learning curves, which they are overcoming. A year ago we were utilizing twice as many reserves as planned. Part of the issue was reserve base utilization and the other part was breaking trips up, when that was not necessarily required. They have worked in these two areas and as a result, reserves are working more in line with where the company wants their utilization.
I actually wasn't implying it was related to the new contract, although I can understand how it seemed that way. I was just expressing my suprise to how many more pilots are required in JUL/AUG. The utilization of reserves in those 2 months compared to the rest of the year is much higher. I suppose vacation plays a large part in that, as well as higher block hours. But it's still suprising to me.