Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I am not sure why people keep saying they want to slash widebody ALV’s. With the elimination of the 777 category and the VEOP retirements they are short and have a lot of training to do for both the A350 and A330 on the Captains side. The A350 next summer will fully utilize every airframe. The 330 is projected for high utilization. ALV’s will be high for both. The manning on the widebodies is solved, the only problem is getting more widebody pilots trained.
Because that is what JL said in one of his town halls. That is were the term targeted ALV reduction came from. Even with the VEOP WB FO positions are highly over staffed