Originally Posted by
Oberon
Couldn't the company stop this practice by simply staffing closer to the min staffing formula? They choose how many pilots are in each category. If they forced pilots who drop flying to fly more it would just mean reserves fly more. What's the difference between a line holder who doesn't fly and a reserve who doesn't fly? I'm not seeing the motivation unless it's "that doesn't seem right", which might be the case.
With our pilot to pilot swap/drop board, a pilot can drop just about anything off his line, regardless of reserve coverage....as long as someone else picks it up.
The difference between a reserve guy 'not flying' and a line holder doing the same is, the reserve guy is still being paid the monthly reserve min, vs. the line holder who is only being paid what he actually flies.