Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
Until they close CLE, which I have no idea why they haven't, and fix IAHs overataffing once and for all by offering a displacement off all seats in all fleets, they will continue to poorly utilize the fleet. The company can't allow a natural flow of aircraft and pilots when seats are over staffed. Just look at IAH 787 pilots flying SFO-TPE last month. You think that's efficient for the company? And it lowers lines and QOL for SFO 787 pilots. Overstaffing affects every pilot in the system negatively, the only pilots that win are the ones that want to be in The over staffed seat.
The DEN base is in the middle of the country. It is very easy to get pilots from other bases into the system. IAH-DEN-OMA spend the next 2 days bouncing around then OMA-DEN-IAH. The DEN base will grow pilots through the years as IAH and CLE pilots retire, or the company grows a pair and fixes the staffing issues.
Exactly! And it doesn't take 20+ years here to see that.
But what exactly does "growing a pair" entail for the company? What risks are there that is keeping them from doing so? Or perhaps better put, what rewards are there in not doing so? There's more to it. Agree or disagree with the decision, more than anything, the why is what most want to know.