Originally Posted by
IHateMgmt
The latest vacancy calls for 101 SF34 CA's in MSP which is about ten spots
lower than what we knew as "normal" a couple years ago. Don't know why they keep playing these games with staffing, but we're gonna be increasingly short on SF CA's in MSP until July it looks like. That's a shame since there are so many guys commuting who would love to be back home. I'd normally put in a crack about Crew Planning here, but I think I've done that enough for one thread.
Crew Planning has very little to do with it...staffing, routes etc is all dictated by NWA marketing. They give a forecast about the number of hours that need to be covered in each base. I used to work in that department and flight hours could change by 1000 hours a month...which could change staffing by 12-15 lines per month. They just try to keep it close because who knows what NWA what will do. Kind of like gambling....you usually you look like the a**