Originally Posted by
Utah
You guys need to keep in mind that one of the big issues here is that there are a bunch First Officers that want to upgrade but don't have their 1000 hours yet. If they keep getting displaced for new hires it doesn't help the situation and only makes things worse. The priority needs to be getting the pilots close to 1000 over that number. We've got pilots that are nearly half-way up the seniority list that don't have the time yet.
While that is all true, I just don’t think that pushing a lot of new hires through training and having them sit out 4-6 months while paying them is very cost effective for the company, and that’s not including the sim time we’ll need for requalification and all of the accommodations that come with that.
I don’t mind getting paid to sit around and do nothing, but I’m not sure it’s doing much to help. I feel maybe putting a couple FOs on IOE every other week would balance it out a bit if the LCA staffing becomes sufficient