Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
While I rarely fly GS I hope you acknowledge that premium pay duty periods actually do go into the contractual staffing formula?
Also I honestly don't know what the ideal staffing approach is. I can tell you that in overmanned categories I've heard pilots complain "ain't nuttin' in open time!" Company cannot win with some guys. Staffing such that zero GS are passed out even in the busy summer months is never going to happen, nor should it.
Yes, I know it's in the staffing formula, but it's a rolling 12 month average, so the couple of months of high flying won't change the staffing much. Second, we are always "overstaffed" per the staffing formula. I believe Sailing has said many times, if the airline was staffed at that formula it would grind to a halt.