Originally Posted by
studentpilot
Forgive my ignorance, but couldn’t all this be solved ahead of time if the company simply ran coverage sooner?
Seems like what they do now is use up nearly all of the reserves, and then skip GS to go straight to IA at the last minute.
If they started pushing out GS ARCOS calls sooner, when it’s obvious they’re short staffed, they could find the extra help they need and have the reserves available to cover last minute stuff.
In other words, isn’t the primary factor here the fact that they wait so long to start covering trips?
I agree, but That would require forward thinking. Problem with crew scheduling is they are super understaffed. And they are taking care of the alligator closest to the boat, without regards if that’s going to let 4 more get even closer. Save now even if it sets later in fire.
Could be solved, though, if we flew a schedule we were staffed for and they gave crew resources all the resources they needed to do their job more timely and efficiently.
I flew a 4 day trip recently. Other person called in sick. 1st 2 legs covered by a reroute. The last leg of day 1 and the last 3 days, flew with 3 people on 2 day green slips. Seems efficient right???