Originally Posted by
Southerner
The month of May, as a whole, had far fewer RSAs than the few months prior. As far as helping goes, look dude, the system is what it is. Sure, if no one ever does extra they will have to hire more. That goes for every airline out there. Delta has green slips, etc.
The company calculates how they want to run the airline in terms of staffing. You and I calculate how how best to do our jobs, and earn what we want to earn. Some want QOL more than money. Bully for them. Some want money more than QOL. Bully for them too. Stop worrying about things out of your control, and just do you. If you want to do an RSA or VDA, do it. If you don't, don't. Why do you make this such a big deal? You're never going to convince people to live their lives differently than they want to.
Post of the week right here. Sadly, those who SHOULD heed your advice never will.
But you're right, May was much slower for RSA/VDA. On both airframes. But I suspect this summer will be no different, and those who choose to make good money will easily do so.