Originally Posted by
Free Bird
If ALV 15 isn't the culprit here, why is it that we're seeing a significant increase in the utilization of at least the domestic reserves? The 88B in ATL is night and day from last year.
Reserve staffing goes up and down by category. I bet system wide reserve usage not up. Guys complained on here last fall that they were being abused by alv15 and it was not even in use! We have been overstaffed in the copilot categories for a long time. Well thought out anti furlough clauses kept the company from furloughing those surplus pilots. We are working through those surpluses now so reserves will work more. It also means the company will have to hire soon.