Originally Posted by
Lincoln Osiris
You don't believe in the instructor hooey but you make up your own assumption that the usual summer slowdown is because of PBS which is still like 8 months away? lmao. And what source are you getting this number that staffing levels will decrease from 8.5 to 7 with PBS? Not saying you are wrong but I have not seen one person in the actual know quoted as saying as such. PBS is a bidding system for already made trips not a magical staffing reducer.
Let’s call the numbers my educated guess, maybe it’s 7.5 instead of 7. But there is no question that PBS is a magical staffing reducer. Look how balanced the RSV staffing alone is throughout the month already. A decent percentage of us actually have to block more under this contract than we did under the last contract to make the same amount of money per month. Who do you think used to cover all those dropped trips in the first few days of the month someone got paid for while sitting at home? As of the signing date, we were instantly fat. Both the company and ALPA would agree to that, it’s the numbers they disagree slightly about. FWIW, the NC skirted this question when I asked them directly during negotiations. They said they had an estimated percentage staffing reduction in mind under PBS, but weren’t willing to share the number.