Originally Posted by
Toddnel
The 757 pulldown has nothing to do with the -400, 777 and A320 staffing levels which are targeted by this COLA.
In 2010 the F/O staffing at UAL was over 400 pilots greater when compared to the CAL side (corrected for fleet size and crews per aircraft)
This may or may not have anything to do with the results that come out tomorrow, we will see.
I said it was a combination of the parking of 757's and pulldown of hours on the S-UA side. Each month we are seeing significant amount of hours removed from our bid month. The company has removed ASM's in almost every quarter.
S-UA has always had more reserves as we did not have the forced junior manning, jetway assignments and open time flyers that you had on the S-CAL side. The different contracts and work rules required higher reserve staffing on the S-UA side.
Again we can both argue about this til we are blue in the face and that won't change the outcome. I hope it is tomorrow and I hope we can move onward as a single pilot group.
I wish you the best and look forward to making new friends on the L-CAL side.