Originally Posted by FNG320
On the pilot side the only way for him to really fix operations and for us to keep/improve our quality of life is to hire more pilots and fix crew services. Don't expect either one anytime too soon! That cost money, thus they won't do it.
Just my opinion....
FNG
Well, I don't know what you mean be "fixing" crew services, but that is being done as we write. More schedulers have been hired and pay raised to decrease turnover. THAT costs money. Also, plans for hiring more pilots are in the works, and manning is a major issue within CS and Flight ops. Increased manning is a goal of the new Director of Crew Services. That doesn't fix your pay problem, but it does show that management is willing to spend some money (in order to save money, which only makes sense).
What I would like to see is a couple of more spare aircraft, a few more reserves, slightly higher ticket prices, and lower load factors, around 80%. That would reduce the impact of IROPS significantly. The trick is for marketing to guess the right ticket prices so that lower load factors do not equal lower revenue.