Originally Posted by
FrancisSawyer
When I worked at the pentagon, new one-star generals would show up and implement their GOBIs (general officer bright ideas). Fortunately, as most were dumb, they’d stop trying to make them work.
A little over a year ago, Carlson left, and SK brought in (I think) a former AA guy to run crew manning. He immediately ended PPU, raised the g lines, put more people on reserve, and drove the current reassignment GOBI to keep things running. And now no one wants to be a CA. Hmmmm…coincidence?
If SK wants to fix this, he needs to reevaluate this hire…in my humble opinion.
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PPU is going to be needed for quite a while, at least on the NB CA side.
Originally Posted by
89Pistons
He won't have to replace Zach. He won't have to fix the g-lines, PPU, nor the number of reserves. The ability to force new hires into these unfilled CA positions is his ultimate fix.
Pistons, old friend. I disagree. I don't see this as a workable solution.
1) It will pull forward the one year CA wonders (quite a bit different than our 18+ yr wait to get an opportunity for the left seat)
2) It may push some candidates to other airlines if they don't want to sit reserve for several years after a forced upgrade.
3) Those that get forced into the left may end up moving back to the right seat and take the deep freeze in order to stay off reserve.
For this to work, they need to make reserve significantly more palatable to those who they're forcing onto reserve for years.