Here's the latest.

The voluntary leaves of absence are not warranted. Next month's bid award reflects the staffing shortage this has created. We were not fully staffed before they asked for the leaves. My bid next month has me crediting 101 hours of pay, with over 90 of that actual flying and only 11 days off. I am in the top 50 out of about 250 FO's, yet my schedule stinks. This is the worst schedule I have seen since i have been here. All this leave is doing is causing us to have to work harder and longer. You will see a lot of junior manning. After a couple of months of this, the company will see that we are short staffed, and will resume the upgrades and new hires. I am guessing in September we will be resuming training.