Originally Posted by
HaveWhiskey
Got called twice by CS today, on my day off no less, to help cover trips. I know reserve staffing is practically nil, but c'mon, seriously...
January 2015 We had block hours in the 76K range for the RJ. PBS had 165 reserve CA and 171 FO lines. August 2015 We have 84K range block hours PBS has 145 Reserve CA and 57 FO's.
Between upgrades and attrition, we are bleeding FO's. Every month since March we have lost more FO's than CA's. (157 FO's YTD compared to 119 CA) So while we are filling classes, it's not helping with staffing numbers. (Interesting side note, we show 3605 for our pilot list, but only 2,900 in PBS. So that means we have about 700 pilots or 20% of our pilot list that are not active bidders in PBS) Someday, someone will learn that it takes about 4 months from bringing a pilot in the door to having them on the line and plan accordingly.