Originally Posted by
CVG767A
To tag onto this concept, we need to keep the ability to drop our schedule as low as we want with no penalty. I think a lot of guys, as they get older, will want to semi-retire by flying a couple of short trips per month. This will benefit everyone, as the manning for wide-body left seats will need to be higher.
I know that's what I hope to do when I get to that age...
This has been looked at in the past up North.
It was shot down for 2 reasons:
1. The junior, i.e. younger, guys feel that you either fly a full schedule or retire. I happen to agree with this.
2. The companies fixed cost for each pilot remains the same if you fly 1 hr. or 80 hrs.
I am sure there are ways to resolve both issues but it just seemed the majority of pilots did not like the concept