Originally Posted by
cal73
Last year they continued hiring FAs as we scrambled to avoid sending "500" pilots to the street. We ended up tossing 147 pilots to the curb. Now here we are a year later and when this whole new furlough thing started to unfold it was made clear early on that "NO flight attendant furloughs" were going to occur. Now we have a system bid that chops EWR 737 and sends a majority of the leftovers to IAH. And what of the EWR FA's? Nothing.
This reaks of Status Quo violation.
Boneman, Have you personally actually inquired about that to Pierce?
Trying to compare flight attendant staffing to pilot staffing has about as much relevance as my golf game compared to Tiger Woods game. Flight attendants will take far more leaves then pilots and drop trips more often. Many flight attendants are moms who would prefer to stay at home if they can keep their seniority number while their children are young. In addition how block hours are allocated makes a difference. You could cut back 30 Narrow body aircraft and add block hours for 15 wide body aircraft and you lose a lot of pilot jobs. You might not lose any flight attendant jobs. Historically airlines can often manage excess flight attendants via LOA's and trip drops. It rarely works for pilots. You will get a few to take leaves but nowhere near what the flight attendants will take.