Originally Posted by
Omnislash
The "reality" is that we still have jobs and they didn't drop us to under 100 captains and make everyone else an FO. I'm not saying this is a great situation but it's the best we could ask for with the current circumstances.
I agree the reality is better than some other places, but I think there's still room for improvement here. We went from 402 line holders down to 120 (143 reserves to 447).... that's a huge change in quality of life for 304 guys--then throw in the fact that this change happens in 20 days and you probably won't be living in base anymore and it's a disaster.
The company doesn't need 79% of pilots on reserve. Make them line holders and give them a LC line to preserve the QOL and keep morale high. Our pay wouldn't change much, if any--good for the company, good for us.
Does our contract not have anything that prevents them from making X% of pilots reserve status? Seems like this would be a standard addition for a union that represents 60,000 pilots.