Originally Posted by
Vanilla
Naturally, I let the scheduling call go to voicemail. I don't mind helping out when I am free, but with the recent spike in short staffing, I just don't want to risk getting tagged with a multi day trip after "helping out" on a single turn trip.
After further investigation, the FLICA E175 CA numbers include the PDX satellite base. There are about 40 captains there. 90ish in SEA. The rest are management, training peeps and upgrades in progress. but yes, it is strange to see our E175 CA reserve list go from a regular 10-15 per day to barely 3 or 4.
Throw in the government shutdown and inability to conduct Fed rides for upcoming captain upgrades/transitions (and check pilots)...... all airlines will suffer. #murica
I dont know if the jet is setup the same as the Q at the moment, but there are Check pilots that can do the fed ride.