Originally Posted by
EdGrimley
I'm curious if there is anything in the PWA that prevents this under staffing of reserves from happening? It affects guys ability to drop and other things. Seems like it shouldn't be arbitrary and up to the companies discretion on this front.
There is only the Staffing Formula, which requires a minimum number of pilots per position, not category. Reserve Required, on the other hand, goes by category.
Therein lies the rub -- while the Company is required to have a minimum number of pilots system wide in a position, there is no requirement to balance the flying in a position out among the bases in the same proportion as the pilots in those bases. From what I've seen, when a category has enough pilots to satisfy the Staffing Formula, there are more reserves available than required throughout the month. When a category does not, there are also insufficient reserves.