Originally Posted by
Scoop
Guys,
The only reason some of our pilots are getting multiple Green-slips is because the company made a conscious decision to delay hiring a while back. The short term goal of producing a quarterly profit outweighed properly manning the airline.
We are now hiring as fast as we can in order to properly man the airline. We all benefit by this increased hiring. Except the 747/777As (Sorry Timbo and Carl
).
Is anyone suggesting that we make it easier and less costly for the company to run an undermanned operation? 
Scoop
Yesterday they sent out two 777 Capt. greenies, both to Joburg, (32 hours x 2) . For one of the guys it was his second Greenie in Feb. I'm only at 50% of line holders and I'm senior to both of them, but I'm flying today already (not on a greenie!).
The new FAR 117 (100 block hours in rolling 28 days) has made it so that about the only way an International guy in a category with high time trips can get one is by bidding reserve and flying on your X days, which is what the guy on his second greenie (above) was doing.
But the loss of 16 747's is certainly going to hurt all of us, me, Carl, and everyone, all the way down the list.