Originally Posted by
Systemized
The SAP is not broken. Trade approvals average 4.5 hours because 800+ pilots are submitting 30+ requests each in a 24 hour time period done through a low tech, outdated software product. We need several smaller improvements to the SAP that can collectively reduce approval times. Removing the rest buffer was one small improvement the company did. I can think of several others that would reduce times. Removing the medical and grace month dequal training issues would help too. If there was really a good reason why the company shouldn't let someone SAP, they could just lock all their trips as they do with training events. Letting captains SAP during the current time frame, and FOs 24 hours later would reduce wait times. We should channel our energy towards pushing for realistic improvements, not useless complaining. Your dreaming if you think we could ever get trades to approve instantly or dump flica for another product. It is possible to get average approval times down to one to two hours average though.
So, 1-2 hour processing times are acceptable to you? The company needs to
pay for a new system. Sabre couldn't care less as they have rebutted the union and company several times. "They are busy with a new product"......Really? So everyone that uses your old product is now on their own? Another time the union offered a programmer to help with the code. Sabre denied them because they didn't want their secrets getting out. More likely they didn't want the world to know that their programming language was probably written by an intern. Sabre is a huge part of this problem.
Of course it is in mgmt's best interest that the SAP be as difficult as possible to use. They aren't going to do anything unless they are forced by a court/arbitration decision. Even then they'd probably string it along for a couple years "figuring it out".
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