Originally Posted by
Plane Ramrod
We had a staffing formula -sort of- pre 2010 when they got rid of it. The company was required to maintain 10% average reserve coverage over a rolling 12 month period. As for emergency flying, easy enough, dont pick up the phone. Also I think that is the real reason for the 2/mo 5/yr ja max. Unfortunately in 2010 we accepted a 95 hour max line. Hard to get to 95 hrs with 18 hr 4-days but who knows, it may be easier to build more efficient pairings than hire.
I assume the ABX pilots stopped picking up the phone long ago. I haven't kept close tabs on what's happening there but it sounds like the pilots are somehow forced to fly well past the contractual limits.
The 5 JA limits are a start I guess. I really do think this could be in our future if we don't get ahead of this in this contract.