Definitely agree with hiring, but apparently we are more concerned with running pilot staffing as lean as possible. The company wants to treat the 4 big holidays the same as any other day of the year, but that doesn't work. Start with offering premium holiday pay (+2-3 hours pay) then go beyond that by establishing a LOA with the union that allows greens slips to be issued out further in advance so scheduling doesn't have to run reserves dry and IA at the last moment.

There has been a ton of trips in the open time pot since the end of November. Money motivates people, and I'm sure the extra pay expenses would more than outweigh the revenue loss from flight cancellations and bad PR. Canceling because of a lack of crews is something that should not be happening.