Originally Posted by
Hilltopper89
Guy I talked with today was 7th in his silo and 57th overall and was short called. EWR 73. Sounds like it's gotten pretty bad out there.
Unfortunately that's no indication of being short staffed. Scheduling can call whomever they want and because of the opaqueness of the process it's often hard to tell if was legal. SSC and FODM can figure it out sometimes.