Originally Posted by
The Cavalier
This...staff the airline. What is currently happening should surprise no one the least of which being scheduling/planning which is tasked with preparing for things like holiday flying. They saw this coming and accepted it. They decided that our passengers and the crews should pay the price rather than hire enough crews to properly run the airline so they could deliver the product our customers paid for....on Christmas Eve no less.
When enough flights get canceled that the media picks up on the story what will be the company's response? What will DALPA's response be?
Correct. Flight Ops wanted to hire much earlier in the year but was shut down by either the BOD or the "bean-counters," or maybe both.
Well now the "bill" has come due. Come to think of it, does anyone know of any companies that went from good to great by listening to bean-counters?
This crew shortage was 100% avoidable. OBTW - I think Holiday pay would definitely help. Some would plan on working the holidays in November, but by now everyone has plans, told their family and friends they are off etc - too late for most IAs.
Scoop