Originally Posted by
JoeMerchant
Jan and Feb are the slowest months. They will really have until March when block hours increase. There isn't any open time on the 50 or 70 capt. side in ATL now and the 50s haven't even started leaving. We could very well be overstaffed by January.....
Joe. January is going to be a cluster and you know it. This is going to be worse than when the FAs had separate trips and we swapped them every leg. The company is totally unprepared, and way behind airlines of similar size. They have no idea how they're going to write compliant pairings, and have no clue how many pilots will be needed to staff them. Not to mention increasing reserves. Speaking of which, I expect to reserve staffing of 30% come January. That's how they plan to deal with it (like all their other self created crises). Just throw more reserves under the bus.