Originally Posted by
Flyfalcons
Keep in mind that the size of the pie (total NJA flight hours) is only "mostly" going to NJA pilots. The rest is going to other companies, flying our selloffs. If there is even a small reduction in schedule disruption, then we may see more total hours flown by NJA pilots and less farmed out to subcontractors. So a former slacking pilot who decides to make a better effort to fly wouldn't necessarily be taking hours from other pilots already flying a fair amount. Now we'll never be completely rid of selloffs, as some are needed to absorb our busiest days, but they can certainly be reduced.
It’s a sad state of affairs when somebody who fatigues is a “slacking pilot.” What percentage of overall flying is on a selloff? 6%? So they reduce that by half so 3% more flying, plus all those “slacker” pilots who stop being wussies by fatiguing spreads those hours over the pilot group. I really don’t think you guys grasp the concept that if fatigues drastically reduce, the flying doesn’t increase per pilot, its reduced! You’re spreading 400 flights over 900 pilots instead of 700 or whatever it works out to be. So you gain a small margin by reducing selloffs, but NJA won’t eliminate sell offs, that just isn’t gonna happen.