Originally Posted by
johnso29
Overstaffed? I'm a NYC 7er B reserve, & we ran out of reserves almost everyday in July. I worked 80 hours/4 trips and managed only 3 days of LC. The WX hasn't even been bad this summer as the Midwest is in a terrible drought. The NYC 320B category is the same way. They are often lucky to have 1 guy on SC a day. DTW/MSP 320B is short too. I know Elvis90 has been getting hammered on M88 B reserve. If anything, we are properly staffed. Definitely not overstaffed IMO.
This may be anecdotal, but I think we are properly staffed. If on occasion during the summer they have adverse weather during the transition to a new month and that spill over happens on a weekend (where they reduced staffing compared to years past) they run out of pilots, they're probably okay with that.
If they run out of pilots on a clear mid week day with no weather in the forecast, then we're understaffed.