Originally Posted by
Elvis90
I was rerouted twice today due to a shortfall in the ATL M88B category. When you look at reserves required and available, it's typically around 50/25 about 5 days out, ten 55/0 the day or two prior. The 717 transition has drawn a lot of pilots out and leadership has failed to appropriately plan ahead for the summer schedule.
17 green slips awarded so far today & still counting. This is a weekday and the beginning of the month too!
Someone smarter than I made the point that a reroute greater than two hours out should go to a reserve and should be premium pay if assigned to a pilot on a rotation, if the system were fair.
The way the system is, a computer seeks to optimize manning available.
Resolution passed in LEC44 pushing requested improvements up to the MEC level for consideration at the appropriate committee level.