Originally Posted by llws

Staffing is NOT good. You're missing the forest for the trees. Sure maybe FO staffing is bloated. But CA staffing will be tight for the foreseeable future. That means "sitting at home" is a short-lived "benefit" and will implode upon itself if we can't staff the flying with CAs.

Either we furlough FOs, or stop flowing CAs. Otherwise the FO list grows while the CA list shrinks and this place fails to function. Street CAs helps, but it's not enough. And the whole idea that we're putting guys brand new to our operation directly into the left seat, while we have people with at least a decent amount of experience already here who are trying to avoid upgrading, is a bit counterintuitive for safety's sake.

Bottom line: there's absolutely nothing wrong with working the contract to improve personal QOL. Luckily a small tweak has been made that will benefit EVERYONE here. We need CAs or this whole place falls apart.