Originally Posted by
Scoop
The company can already release you anytime they want if they need you the next day.
Even if this did affect jobs, which I don’t think it does, it is not even in the same league as the 30 day months which was 3.3% productivity gain on all 14,000 + Pilots line and reserve. This deals with a fraction of a fraction.
This is probably just what they said - they were not using guys so why waste the time of the schedulers. This might require more guys if they want the same coverage. It now takes 3 guys to provide 24 of SC vice 2.
As a occasional reserve guy I like this. 25% less SC!
Bottom line - I was released from SC plenty of times to be available 12 hours down the road just as now they can release a guy after 6 hours.
Scoop
I certainly agree the 30 day bid is a much bigger issue. Didn't intend to portray this as equivalent.
I think you kind of made my point though. 3 pilots on SC per 24 hours vice 2. More SC periods per month? This is why I think commuters may have more instances per month sitting in base for a SC period. This also increases the likelihood that a trip assignment matches their period and they get assigned to a trip. More efficient use of reserves and fewer GS to cover trips.
We'll see what happens. Other than having to remember to shave, I'm largely unaffected if I have to do more days of SC. If it turns out I was wrong, I'm OK with that too!