Originally Posted by
busdriver12
I wonder if this might be a different sort of peak, in some seat positions. In my position, we appear to be grossly overstaffed. No AVA even the days around Thanksgiving, with winter weather coming. Maybe we'll be scrambling to get trips and be allowed to drop in December, if they don't feel a need for AVA. Nah...
Yep, dropped a week-long trip on third week of December, and had a 2 day trip picked up from TPU proffer. We are definitely well staffed in the right seat for MEM 757. As mentioned, that meant no AVA or VLT in the last several weeks, but I'll take scheduling flexibility and the ability to drop as a higher priority over AVA and VLT/DRF. 3 weeks off at the end of the year is very nice without using seniority for Xmas vacation. The new SLB is a big positive for the company, but also helps our peak scheduling flexibility.