LCA bidding impact
I was working on seeing how much the change of LCA bidding will affect FOs. You all have to remember its not just the hours missing its the challenge to line construction that will be an issue.
LCA Analysis for the Atlanta 717 Category
I composed this document to use some real month examples for how the TA change will affect FOs.
I counted twenty eight LCA on the Atlanta 717.
Math using July 2015 as an example.This assumes every LCA trip is needed for OE.I know that is not always true but as we lose 800 a year we will be utilizing all LCA.
If you take 28 LCA times an 80 hour month you get 2240 hours of time devoted to LCA.
75% of 2240 is 1680 hours of LCA time that the company cannot let FOs bid for in any particular month.
1680 hours divided by 80 hours is 21 lines of time that the company can withhold from our category.
The company estimates 195 lines for July .That is TEN percent of our lines (10.7) lines of time GONE.
That is also the equivalent of 80 four day trips GONE.
Number of LCAs who held off the 4th of July was 21 out of 28.Now imagine how much more challenging getting major holidays off will be when there are a majority of those 21 lines not available for line construction to get off the 4th of July.
Who will this bump from line holder to reserve, weekends off to partial weekends, commuter to non-commuter.
Some other points to consider.When the company opens a new category there is a higher proportion of the Captain seniority list that is LCA.Those new categories will have this concession magnified.Think the EMB 175 and the A350.