Originally Posted by
crewdawg
Good thing we aren't adding to already short staffed categories. Getting pretty bad that we couldn't find an FO for a mid morning turn, on a Monday of a non-holiday weekend and not a single storm system in the CONUS. The FO they finally found, was on a DH that was delayed because that flight didn't have a FO available. Then when we got in, my FOs commute flight home was delayed 3 hours looking for a Captain. This certainly isn't the well oiled Delta we had pre-2019.
There are plenty of pilots willing to fly, but scheduling falls behind and trips sit in open time for hours.