Originally Posted by
LOBO
The company said from '08 to '11 - the sick leave rate was 6.1%
Then over the next 3 years it rose to a rate of 7.8%
I know January is one of the three lowest months on block hours (per the same news letter "January is typically the third lowest month when measuring the daily volume of flying.")
Looking at the chart they put out I guesstimated around 561,000 block hours for the month of January (is this a good number?)
6.1% of 561,000 is 34,221 and
7.8% of 561,000 is 43,758
The difference between the two is 9537 hours.
I'm not sure how they got to a 22,250 average increase in sick leave from these numbers.
Crew Resources show your work or you don't get credit!!!!
I also wonder if dead head hours were included in their block hour totals. On all my rotations and in the iCrew time card, dead head hours are not included in my block hours totals. I personally have been flying more dead head hours and see more dead heads in the bid package in recent years. If in fact the company has been dead heading pilots more and not counting those hours in the block hour tally, then there's more reason to call B.S. on their propaganda.