Lets calm down a little! Not only is it allowed under our CBA, but what other option would you prefer? It would be great if we had some more airplanes to cover the flying, but the fact is we do not. We are down an aircraft for a few days, and if we dont contract out the flying all of our pax booked on those flights will have their flights cancelled. In this economic environment we cannot afford to lose a bunch of customers if there is an easy solution to the problem. This is costing the company A LOT of money.....it will not go on any longer than absolutely necessary.