Originally Posted by
Coach67
Neither of these two statements recognize that if these are allowed to be combined you lose one entire category of reserves. That is much more than just "slightly manpower negative." It also has nothing to do with how much flying an individual pilot wants to fly!
Besides the safety argumement for not allowing these two to be combined, it is hugely manpower negative. Put aside the efficiency argument Horrido already made, if you lose and entire category of reserves, you lose big. For every 787 Reserve Captain that doesn't need to be staffed becasue there is a 777 reserve captain to cover for him, that is one less widebody captain position. Which means that guy will be a narrow body captain. And for every narrow body captain that doesn't get the upgrade, there is a widebody First Officer that gets stuck in his right seat. The trickle down effect is huge.
Does no one remember the 737-200 737-300 postion that the UAL pilots made a stand on and won? They refused to allow them to be one category because of the safety implications.
Anyone that is advocating combining these two is a management proxy and carries no respect!
Your math is off the charts bad. You're assertion that this is hugely manpower negative is based on nothing. No facts, no data, and a compete misunderstanding of how staffing works. You think if there are 30 pilots on reserve for the 777 in a base that if they suddenly double the number of pilots by adding the 787 to the mix that there will still be 30 reserves?????? The TA addresses the ratio required for numbers required, and it ain't what you describe.
As a safety issue, I agree wholeheartedly with you that it would be a collasally bad idea to combine the two fleets.