Originally Posted by
Punkah Louvre
While my experience of Premium is an Out & Back; and the PAF on the F/O side is the classic London bus (you wait for ever, then 3 come along at once...) I'm not sure what you've said about Reserves necessarily holds true.
As far as assigning a trip goes; there's a huge difference between an AVL pilot and a RSV, CS have very little flexibility with the former. Imagine telling a RSV pilot commuting to work for 5 days that if they have not been called by 4pm the day prior they're released!
Substantially reduced flying equals substantially reduced flexibility; placing a much greater burden on RSVs, and on top of that; expect a 'Covid Curve' increase in Commuter & Sick calls as cancelations compound and the virus spreads..
One could also make a counter argument to your Credit Cap suggestion; that those who choose to fly are putting themselves in harms way to some extent; and compensated fairly for that..
CS & Planning cant be much fun these days. May Lines will be eye opening. (Then just close them again & hope it all goes away....)
Stay safe out there, or better still stay home.
//PL
some valid points but we’re talking 50 plus % reserves assuming a 90% reduction in block. I think you’ll find that the majority of pilots on property would support a cap (only for the duration of the cola). Especially if we are looking at furloughs/downgrades at some point. Also I’m not sure what you mean by a rsv? That’s not a reserve pilot. It’s a line holder with a cancellation. At least thats what you described with the release at 1600 day prior.
Last edited by fcoolaiddrinker; 04-01-2020 at 04:01 PM.