Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Yes.
Also relying more heavily on guard/reserve will just further inflame industry pushback against USERRA, which was already ramped up pre-covid. At some point the industry is not going keep granting seniority numbers (and vacation, 401k, etc) to people who are more full time than part-time. They don't like doing it now, with only a relative handful in that camp.
The AD needs to be the AD. The reserves are surge capacity for contingencies, not a replacement for costly AD force structure (which needs to much more responsive than guard/reserves).
Don’t get me wrong, abuse of the USERRA does occur, and both the military and the airlines need to be able to stomp on it when it happens. But after accepting Billions in PSP, the airlines would be ill-advised to get churlish about supporting the legitimate requirements of Joe average reservist.