Originally Posted by
Lasko
Ameriflight was, and still is unable, to staff their normal flights this last half of 2014. Most bases will not be participating in peak season flying as they do not have enough pilots to staff current requirements. I Wonder what is being done in order to keep this place staffed while maintaining safety? 52% of their ENTIRE pilot group has been there less than one year! WOW! Be safe everyone!
Not sure where you are getting your information. Yes, we have subcontracted some runs but that is more due to lack of airframes than pilots. Yes, we are stretched thin with almost every available pilot (including most of the training department) flying on a run. But every base that normally has peak runs has them this year.
And as for half of the pilot group having less than one year with the company, except for the couple of years right after 9/11 when there was very little movement within the industry, for all the time I have been with AMF the bottom half of the seniority list has been with the company between 1 and 1 1/2 years. So this really isn't something we haven't dealt with before.
But I agree with your last statement. Let's keep safe, everyone. No matter who you fly for. The last thing any of us wants is to read a report about a fellow pilot being injured or killed. It is just about this time last year that a friend of mine was in a crash that very nearly killed him. Miraculously (and I mean that literally) he recovered when the doctors were saying he wouldn't.