Originally Posted by MrBojangles

you can't have it both ways..either you want GS and can deal with getting some phone calls, or you silence your phone and fly your schedule. as it is now, once you get G1 and go to the bottom you have less of a chance to get G2 because they can't wait around to get to you at the bottom of the list. as for proper staffing, we have been hiring a ton of pilots, so I dunno where you think they can magically make more appear? As said earlier we have like 3000 more pilots than we had 10 years ago. Big issue is the crappy optimized trips that cause sick and fatigue calls and don't allow any time in them in case there's weather or mtc issues and what not.