Originally Posted by
subicpilot
Hey, Unskilled,
You forget that there are a limited number of qualified individuals to do the PCA/LCA job. It takes almost a year to stand up a new instructor. On top of that, not very many guys go from wide body, glass cockpit F/O to the left seat of the jurassic jet, and even fewer of them become PCA's or LCA's after doing so. So how exactly is the company supposed to pull together, in very short order, a large enough group of already trained, glass cockpit instructors, put a fledgling program in place to stand up a new aircraft and new domicile? The only group to draw on is the bus or maddog, and how successful do you think that will be if that group is forced to take a pay cut? No one would do it. Pay protecting those guys for a couple years is a smart choice. That pay protection has absolutely nothing to do with the LOA. Even MEM based 757 instructors would be included in the pay protection.
The problem with the 75 PCA/SCA is not a FDA problem it is the result of the POS section 11 that BC was so proud of. We have the problem finding 75 FLEX/PCA's, FO flex's(not allowed under the CBA),72 SO's flexing in the MD,and flexes and LCAs leaving all tracks. IF we fix section 11 we won't have these problems. But I could say if we fix section______ you fill inthe blank.