Originally Posted by
BeatNavy
The staffing goal is 10x pilots per plane (that's a regional standard I've
The best way to see if Mesa is adequately staffed is to check the number of reserves and their monthly flight hours. An inadequately staffed airline has reserves flying a lot. Most airlines shoot for 30-50 hours as optimal reserve utilization. That minimizes paying people to do nothing (overstaffed) and minimizes system disruptions with no available reserves (understaffed). The latter also negatively affects QOL when pilots can't drop or swap trips because the reserve grid is always red.
Everyone I talked to on reserve last month broke min guarantee. There was no "sitting" reserve waiting for the phone to ring. CMF/CML went out the window and every single reserve was used every single day, sometimes even a day or two out leaving zero net reserves for that day.