Originally Posted by
flyprdu
"Other" airlines. The only airline mentioned in your article is Allegiant, who also is having recruitment problems. I'm still not convinced this is a fuel issue.
I believe this is a staffing issue masquerading as a fuel cost issue.
The obscene amount of trips that dropped into open time over the last couple days would seem to back up staffing/training issues. There were a ton of sims, prime 2 day Hawaii, and 2 day SE trips all mass dumped into open time. Exactly the trips they hold out for SE and ETOPS qualification. It seems like the training department is falling seriously behind. I don't know if it is because of new hire attrition or just not being able to stay on schedule, but it's significant.