Originally Posted by sailingfun

It’s always gone in cycles. A key factor in the amount of overtime is however reserve utilization. When the reserve system was your on call 19 days a month in a 30 day month and 20 days a month in a 31 day month and it was a 24 hour on call with 2 hours to report greenslips were very rare. When the windows system hit we thought it was the greatest thing ever. You were only on short call 6 hours every day. The number the negotiations team needs and I am sure they have it is how are reserve utilization compares to the other major airlines. I have no idea what that number is however if it’s significantly less the company has a point. If it’s about the same they need to hire more.