Originally Posted by
rvr350
We lose about 1 pilot a day, bit more CA side than FO. Too many cancelled flight this month just because no CA to staff. Reserve CA expect to fly 90+ block each month, lineholder expect to be extended, JM, re-assigned... you name it.
NWA stuffed those 15 parked CRJ in a matter of weeks, and expect us to staff it, and therefore all these numbers, compounded with stalled negotiations, people are just so fed up that they'd take any offer that comes along. Latest news is that mgmt finally willing to talk to us, and hopefully it'll speed things up, maybe even get a contract by the turn of this decade.
So would you say hiring of about 50-60 pilots a month is realistic for the rest of 2007?
And when are the other two CRJs coming back (on top of the 15 already back)? I believe those two CRJs will come one from Mesaba, and one from Compass?
Is that true?