Originally Posted by
Urban achiever
Someone actually ran the numbers. It’s 25% minimum on the Capt side are on reserve. I suspect we need so many due to the 200 always having problems and burning all of them just to keep the gears turning. Except in orf. You’ll never fly there
The 200s are not that unreliable, in fact given the age, and cycles on the fleet, they are pretty solid. You will never fly in CVG, DAY, PHL or TYS as an FO, not sure about DC, and if you do it will often start with a DH to CLT. The majority of those pilots on res are CPTs though and my thoughts is that is a strategy to make PBS to look more appealing when the time comes.