Originally Posted by
ZapBrannigan
My opinion (which isn’t worth a thing) is that they have made the decision to shut down the premium marketplace, and train the pilot group to seek out straight time if we want to pad our month.
They tested it with the FOs and if the lack of available flying in TTGA is any indication they were successful.
Is it possible they have just decided to staff like every other airline?
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You may be right, but that would seem to shake up decades of conventional wisdom about labor costs at this airline (i.e., cheaper to run lean staffing & pay premium, then to staff 'adequately'). All I ever hear about from the ground ops side of the operation, is how expensive it is to bring in & train one more ramper (so we're okay with letting you guys hold out another 15 min at MDW, BWI, or LAS waiting for a marshaller
). You'd think it would add another cost order of magnitude beyond a ramper to bring on another pilot, but who knows anymore? Every fiefdom at this airline is solely focused on making their 'numbers' regardless of how it affects the overall operation or bottom line. A casualty of our size & efforts to continually Redefine Excellence, I suppose...
