Originally Posted by
conquestdz
I think that mentality needs to be put on the back burner. We should be advocating for better. Every time we go through training we get that swiss cheese model beat into our head repeatedly. Layers of safety everywhere, over and over, including fatigue mitigation ...IF you are a line holder. When it comes to reserves though, there is just that one layer, a fatigue call. For reserves it's 2/3 of industry average coverage, circadian swaps forever, and just that one slice of swiss cheese, the fatigue call. Where are the extra layers of safety here? Nothing to head off the need for that last ditch layer. Say, didn't DM just say he can't buy us new planes because reserves are calling out? The scenario isn't exactly what he mentioned, but reading between the lines isn't too hard.
I can’t quite wrap my mind around how anybody, at any airline, can be okay with such awful QOL for junior guys…we are all just one black swan event away from being very junior for a very long time.