Originally Posted by
CleCapt
OMG.........Like totally !
Lax pilot has been hanging out on the west coast too much.
WERE.
More airplane types, more bases, more pilots...........Same number of airplanes.
Sounds like over staffed to me.
Sounds more like having a far larger percentage of widebodies and a modicum of work rules the pilots were willing to adhere to (insert CAL "get it done for mgmt cause I'm scared of being called in front of my CP" syndrome here)...maybe we should simply adopt the STELLAR CAL manpower model of understaffing by 10%, destroying the reserves, whoring out line holders, shutting down the schoolhouse in the summer, disallowing ANY trades, and giving the pilots 12 days off per month...wow coach, sign EVERYBODY up!
In case you don't know, which apparently you don't (reference your post); average narrow body manning is roughly 11 dudes/jet vice a widebody which is closer to 16...hence, another glaring gap in an otherwise lackluster analysis on your part.
Cheers,
Horhay