Originally Posted by xj200capt

I wonder why if the 200 is so overstaffed, why wasn't TOWOP offered to us. I know that we were hearing that the fall block hours were increasing. Then we didn't get the increase.

One of the things that no one is talking about is that with the increased SAAB cities and flying how are we going to cover places that have reduced SAAB availability?

As one of the lowest 200 Capts I get Reserve Lines and RR 10 times a month. More often than not when scheduling calls or I call them for an early release, I am told that we are short of reserves. Most of the last week I was told that 8 of 13 reserves are being used. So I am not so sure just how overstaffed we really are. I have also asked the questions about the 80+ block hour lines. Maybe they will reduce them to 75 but I don't know.

Also most of the flights I get are either downgrades from the 900's or upgrades to SAAB's. Or broken 900's or SAAB's. So I see our 200's getting more flying than less.