So you’re saying Delta is going to do something prudent and smart? Those words shouldn’t even all be in a sentence together.

They’re going to understaff, run “a little hot”, and rely on the whoureish ways of this pilot group to make it work. In the C66 newsletter they stated that they will have 9 reserve pilots out of 158 pilots on the A220 in NYC for the Feb bid period. So 94% of that group is going to have a schedule. With 6% reserve coverage. So no reserve coverage, no sick calls, and no winter weather…. And they’re good. Right?

This is a result of a LOA that they signed for sliding/reduced TLVs a year ago. Which apparently they just now are figuring out that they signed this.

Smart and prudent. Lol

Here’s the excerpt:
The Impact of Lower TLVs
The sliding TLV window granted by LOA 20-04 has been eliminated as scheduled as of the January bid period. The TLV is now fixed at 73-78. This means that ALVs will be trending downward, which can have a significant impact on the ratio of regular to reserve lines in a category. As an example, in the February 220A category, there are only 9 pilots on reserve out of 158 next month. This can lead to some undesired bid awards if you bid reserve and don’t include a regular line bid. We recommend you always have a secondary bid group in your monthly bid for these unusual scenarios.