Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The contract provides a method to cover contingencies, weather, maxes ect.. It worked fine this summer and the company produced simply fantastic numbers. They will not dramatically overman the airline 9 months out of the year. It would be a stupid way to conduct business and the biggest complainers if they did man the airline that way would be the pilots. Guys would be screaming about 65 hours a month and their inability to swap or drop anything.
They may be screaming about 65 hour months but, if the airline was manned properly, then swapping and dropping shouldn't be a problem. You cannot have it both ways ie 65 hour months and then no swapping/dropping.
Denny