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Old 09-05-2010 | 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by johnso29
Huh, so there's a min number they have to meet. Do they ever post that number?
Johnso, yes they publish those numbers frequently and I’m pretty sure that ALPA can give them to you at any point in time. At least they should be able to because they are required to ensure the minimal staffing requirements are met. In the past, management has been terrible at maintaining the minimum contractual required staffing. What’s worse is that ALPA didn’t seem to ever challenge them on it. Management seems to be much better about that now though. The projected staffing numbers are actually pretty darn accurate, give or take a number or two. If you are projected to be 200, unless something weird happens, you can pretty much bank on it. However, like upndsky points out, if there aren't new hire pilots available to fill those slots, then all bets are off.