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Old 06-12-2009 | 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Busboy
I'm a little confused...Why are they building these MEM Hotel stby pairings, anyway? Isn't the call out for that, 1+30? Or in other words, 30 mins prior to showtime? Are they building these just to gain that extra 30 mins, compared to reserve callout? Weird.

Seems like it would be cheaper to have guys in ARPT Stby. Less credit hours and no room expense.
Pure and simple - they are padding the reserve utilization numbers, it enhances the overmanning!
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