Originally Posted by
cactipilot
So please, someone tell me WTH are crew schedulers going to do with bases that have 1 (phx) or ZERO (SLC DEN MSP) reserve lines?
Watch open time and you will see. Been watching here and there and it is covering the first flight while kicking the can down the road for an hour or two while they scramble to find someone willing to answer their phone. I still say let them staff a tracking crew. The fact that they are even threatening that says a lot about our relationship with management. Good to see RJ saying that our loss of faith in the company is justified with their recent track record.
Now that we need to create a reflow policy, my hope is the first thing we do is define reflow. Reflow should be for flight cancels or IROPS. IROPS do not include you not staffing the company properly. In fact, let's shoot for time and a half for any schedule change if reserve staffing is below 10%. There has to be a severe financial penalty for messing with our schedules to cover their lack of foresight.
And everyone that thinks the company owns you from the time you check in to the time your footprint ends, bid reserve. For those that had to suffer years with that schedule, we are happy to have a line and know what our day and month will look like.