Originally Posted by
PinnacleFO
I think it is hillarious that they are hiring 160 or 180 or whatever but upgrading no one. DTW just lost 15 captains to JFK and they decided to backfill none of them. They will tell you that we lost some flying hours in DTW but the rest of us know that all they are doing is bringing the staffing right back to the point where it only works in good weather.
Thats what they are doing at Mesaba as well, we have had 3 or 4 realignment notices increasing captain slots and decreasing Saab FO slots but not creating secondary vacancies...so it didn't take long to go to the Pinnacle staffing plan over here...we will be running pretty slim until airplanes start going away in January