Originally Posted by
Nevets
If there are more trips than people can cover, then does that mean you have very little amount of people on reserve?
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I think they go the other way. They're more concerned with people on reserve and will ultimately use them to cover the open trips. And I think I phrased it wrong: a lot of trips relative to available staff. We still have more people than trips.
We are somewhat short-staffed for the summer due to increased mainline flying. We're all getting 85-95 hour schedules and there's still a lot of stuff in open time (especially if you like Newark).
I'll have to talk to a bid assistant next time I see one about how stuff winds up in open time. You have me wondering now. There has to be some system to it.