With all due respect, Kobayashi, what are you talking about? It's clear you've never worked here. We have always been scheduled for 18 days per month. No more no less. Some of those days can be assigned as reserve, and for most of us that live in basis, 12-16 days of duty and the balance as reserve days is typical. Back in October/November, there were lots of opportunities with incentive pay to pick up additional flying and so yes, some of us did fly 20 days or so, but those opportunities have largely subsided. I haven't seen a single email from scheduling in the past couple of months with any open time opportunities. To be honest, the ERJ ranks have never been better staffed than they are right now, and I've been here several years. We did have a large number of people leave in the fall when hiring at other airlines really ramped up, I think 4 or 5 to ABX alone, but the company committed to rectifying the staffing levels within a few months and they did.


Your example of the Nashville based pilots flying out of Charlotte is a terrible example. Nashville, while a base, has never been an overnight location. Nashville based pilots have always been used around the system and it has never been a point of contention. I think the issue was West Coast based pilots didn't like having to travel to the East Coast to cover flying, which I understand since the East Coast flying is typically more intense. Some of us on the East Coast actually like the West Coast rotations for a pairing of lighter flying. Now, the West Coast flying is largely covered by pilots that live in base or by the home based crewmembers. But there has never been an understanding that we couldn't or wouldn't be used out of base.


Tell me, if you've never worked here, where did you hear that management likes to play "favorites"? I've never felt that way. Some people are ready to upgrade at 1500, some aren't, so upgrades are subjective in that sense. Some people newly typed on the aircraft are ready to upgrade in six months, some not until after a year or longer. It's not a seniority number driven environment, but if you are competent pilot capable of functioning as PIC I am hard pressed to think of anyone that wasn't upgraded at the appropriate time.