Originally Posted by APCLurker

I agree with this. I'd rather go back to a 70 hr res. gurantee than give up 7th short call, ALV+15, and July/Aug being 30 day months. How much "time value of money" is lost in the inability/delay to get to a higher paying aircraft (or bounced down to a lower) due to the reduction in staffing caused by those items.




My statement was in regards to any potential hiring in the future, combined with a current increase in weekend staffing.

Any weekend staffing increase that happens say, tomorrow, will be staffed by more senior folks who can currently hold weekends off. When (if) hiring commences, they go back to weekends off, while newhires fill their gap. The individuals who are presently working weekends under the current (non-increased) weekend staffing model may find themselves still on weekend duty under the above scenario. Depends on the amount of hiring.

Clear as mud?

Anyway, the fewer people that have to work weekends or holidays the better in my opinion. I don't think it is ever a good idea to increase staffing on those days over the minimum we can achieve.