Originally Posted by
Machaca
Fairly standard for the small bases...good place to stick excess manning. Our near term issue is the number of airframes on property. Hard to put two in GRR and TYS without straining the system as a whole until we are 90 or more.
I think PIE has somewhere around 90 pilots and 8 or 9 planes depending on the day. That's around 10 pilots per plane.
Pretty sure March will tell the tale. If we function effectively in March, I guess they were right about the manning (barring extensive sub service or VFNs).