Originally Posted by
gloopy
Yeah its a never ending internal debate. Some say limits drive the need for staffing, while others say once limits are reached it just drives junior manning anyway. The truth is probably somewhere in between. Does Spirit have limits as well on junior manning? Is the current limit on 200% pay trips a management desire or a union desire? (I can see either case being made).
Technically, those 5x per year and 2x max per calendar month are limits on junior manning, however, we have a defacto prohibition on involuntary junior manning. Essentially, 'junior manning' just means 200% premium pay at Spirit. The union's position, in my view, is that those limits preserve a rational staffing balance. I'm sure management would love to run us ragged with unlimited premium pay...and so would a few dozen of our noteworthy pilot brothers and sisters. The vast majority of the pilot group prefers to have a life outside of work, so I don't see the union signing off on any changes based on the current MEC makeup.