Originally Posted by
dvhighdrive88
So what is everyones opinion on the net effect of the NPRM as it stands as far as a percentage of new crew required?
4-7% has been tossed about for pax carriers. A UPS bud said their union said only 3-4% for them due to
Available manpower. A reliable source at FedEx says they'll be hiring hard core of it goes through.
So how about UNICAL? 5%? Not barring any almost certain help in JCBA?
No idea. The MEC's are analyzing it as we speak.
CAL has protections to keep IRO's via the CBA where they might not be required on some of the "shorter" oceanic flights with these new rest rules. Other than that, at first glance it looks like a wash to me. We'll see what the MEC's have to say after they crunch the numbers.