Originally Posted by
TED74
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No show / sick dispatchers can be covered with present dispatchers who share the additional workload.
WBs are frequently staffed with more FAs than the minimum. Extras can be pulled last minute to staff holes (sts), and missed-commutes above the minimum can be left behind. Extra pilots above the minimum are scheduled with extreme irregularity when block limits butt up against limits on some flights like a long turn.
This is correct. I flew with a rather salty FA last month who was the Q position on a Paris flight but rerouted to DTW (The Paris of America of course) due a sick call. The CDG flight just went with one less FA as they staff above the minimum. I remember the SYD attendants throwing a fit years ago when they reduced the 777 FA numbers and yet even the new numbers were above FAA mins.