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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I tend to agree. I consistently have trips in TTGA picked up that I would never have imagined been taken this time last year. This same theory of eliminating premium was brought up 6 or so months ago, and I disregarded it because I was still flying premium with relative ease. Now I feel that I stand corrected as the premium well is increasingly dry with excessive reserves and first year FOs constantly bidding straight.
In the same breath, part of me still feels this may be temporary as I can't imagine hiring extra pilots to stamp out a little premium flying is cost beneficial to the company. Im anxiously waiting and hoping to see if the LAX base opening accompanied with Hawaii flying will return staffing and in turn, premium flying back to normalcy.
BTW, does anyone have the projected fleet numbers for the next few years?