Originally Posted by
LumberJack
That is false. Maybe you weren't here before ARCOS.
GS and IA used to be covered manually one at a time and we had the best reliability.
With proper staffing for both pilots and schedulers, more resilient trip construction, better usage of reserves, etc., the company solves their problem.
Despite our good operational stats pre-ARCOS, the company brought it in because it is super efficient at assigning available work in a rapid amount of time when used properly. ARCOS is used by utility companies to assign work when blizzards, hurricanes, and other calamities take out power, gas, and water lines.
Could you imagine if those workers had 12 minutes per person to respond to these situations? No. It would be a public nightmare. They blast them all, they get assigned ASAP and things get fixed.
It's only the most self entitled pilots that
choose to put in slips, and then
complain when those calls come in, that have somehow won the battle to put time restrictions in to the PWA.
It is baffling, aggravating and the company will never, ever put that power back in any labor groups hands. Why? Because it is absolutely ridiculous and anathema to running a business.