Originally Posted by
ACEssXfer
Yes and I disagree with your take on "excess" reserves. Lowering the LCWs will absolutely add more lineholders by spreading the same amount of block hours over more pilots and reduce reserve staffing. This is the same argument I had with APA during covid when we were trying to avoid being the only legacy to furlough. I was told it "had tentacles in too many parts of the contract." What they meant to say was "IMAXers will be angry with a lower window."
With that lower LCW if you want to work more its a few clicks away as long as they leave VMAX at historical levels. If you want to work less you already are, based on less hours awarded in PBS.
I wasn't calling you Mr APA. It was a hypothetical conversation that I apparently didn't articulate very well.
You're talking about two relatively separate points that are not mutually exclusive. I don't disagree with your advocacy of lowering the LCW, but that doesn't mean the number of reserve pilots has to materially go down. Would reserves/reserve usage decrease because less people would call in sick given lighter schedules? Probably a little, but I'm willing to bet there wouldn't be a huge difference.
The point is, you can probably have your cake and eat it, too. Lower the LCW and increase the number of lineholders while maintaining roughly the same reserve level (block hours flown wouldn't change) ---> better QOL and better seniority.