Originally Posted by
Hubcapped
The basic fact is they didnt hire enough people and/or didnt have the courage to tell network that they cant fulfill the flying hour program (i dont know what the civ equivalent is)
now we are where we are and they wont admit they screwed up. Theyll try anything to squeeze the pilot group regardless of the impact because they know they are going to get fired anyway.
we have zero reserves for may in my category and a ridiculous amount of open time. I cant imagine that its going to get better this summer.
It lives in 2 places - NPD and NPS (network planning strategy). Least the last time I saw them, they could have changed the nomenclature by now.
Anyway, yeah the present Flt Ops mngmnt team was handed a gift of an operation firing on all cylinders. In a little under 7 years they've managed to wreck it. To a point it's going to take $$$, time and managers with the knowledge and capability to dig us out. I don't see our prospects in that regard changing very fast even if the top is sliced off and replaced with competent people. It's going to take a few years to correct the flight path trajectory we're on right now.