Originally Posted by
tom11011
No need to back off, your input is valid and appreciated. This is a place of discussion and ideas. Looking for creative ideas to solve a very real problem.
However I will disagree with you on your idea of reserve. I do not believe they are the same thing the way you just characterized it.
I just don't get the feeling we are talking about the same thing. If you can figure out a way to go part time while retaining seniority and status I'll be the first one to sign up. But what you are describing sounds more like free lance/independent contractors coming in and working a couple of days a month which I would not support under any circumstances. It is far more economical to simply pay existing pilots a premium to work overtime than try and bring in mercenaries to fly a trip or two. So if we agree all pilots would have to be on the seniority list than we can start to talk about what part time would look like. I said before I think lines somewhere around 50 hours.