That is not true, there are mechanisms in the CBA to allow for reserve pilots to maintain currency if the Company is not utilizing them. If lack of flying is a safety issue it should show up in recurrent, maybe it has. Line and reserve pilots get the same checks and evaluations on a biannual basis and are required to maintain 3 in 3. Safety issue, I don't think so. The Company does not want to pay guys to not fly, period.

This problem has many ways to be fixed; wait it out, retirement incentives (not interested apparently), new flying or reduce staff. Spreading the wealth would be fine by me only if it is done system wide, on an equal basis. There can't be have's and have not's when or if we go below 68/85. That is the reason the Company has not done it yet, they know there will be a $hit storm if they elect to apply BLG reductions on an "as needed" basis which is all they want to do in order to cover the problems they did nothing to avoid.