Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
In actuality, what was occurring was that pilots were there flying full schedules for 3 months and then sitting around for 9 months collecting reserve guarantee as excess. That is where the savings were.
As we have grown flying time, we went from a huge pilot surplus to a measurable pilot shortage. That is what is causing people to feel more flying over this summer. It has nothing to do with work rule changes,
Can't agree with that opinion. We have always been short of pilots in the summer.
Nothing new about that.
I think the main reason people "feel more flying over this summer" has everything to do with work rule changes. ---> We gave management a gigantic productivity concession when we turned July and August into 30 day months. Along with the higher ALVs, now they can cram more flight hours into fewer days.
July and August have always been the limiting factor at this airline. We gave that away for way too cheap.