Originally Posted by
LeineLodge
I guess this is my main question. That’s great that it CAN do stuff, but currently it’s not doing anything other than provide a UI between volunteers and pilots.
The buzz is we’re paying somewhere north of $50k/month for a system that has barely replaced email. Wouldn’t it be better to funnel that large sum of $ at additional volunteer hours to clear the queue? Then evaluate turning the tap back on when the data pipe has been figured out years from now.
ACE pays for itself several times over. Furthermore, it’s more than a UI, and speeds up the process significantly from the old ‘system’. The problem lies with the company dramatically increasing its violations, not with ALPA who has ramped up capacity massively, which has only blunted the onslaught of reports (which are FAR easier to file now.
Most of the ‘goodies’ have not been turned on yet (why, I can only guess is due to internal politics), and the new contract allows the data access required to realize its full potential.