Originally Posted by
Otterbox
Involuntary FSB twice a week in some seats/bases… and they wonder why they can’t get more Captain upgrades. Flying on FSB is far more rare…
Not trying to discredit the need to fix work rules, but I’d say that our large number of widebody seats has as big an effect on unfilled NBCA vacancies as current reserve rules do. We have significantly more than any other airline. WBFO is a pretty hard drug to kick once you get a taste. More days off, a fraction of the work load, and not that big of a difference in pay. The WB ranks are full of pilots who would be very solid line holders, but they don’t want to kick the habit. To them spending 3 more days on the road, short layovers, and 18 more legs per month isn’t worth the roughly $3,700 difference in monthly pay. If I could handle the fatigue I’d have already bid back