JCBA will have an end run affect on the total number of pilots needed. Most importantly, the number of block hours is far more a driving factor than work rules. You can read that as scope.

Yes, work rules have an effect, but pilot requirements are driven by block hours....period.

I would love to see your source for this 1000 number. As one that has participated in many scheduling committee meetings with UAL operations folks, I can tell you that block hours, as distributed by AC type, domicile, etc., are the driving factor for total pilot requirements. That doesn't mean the company's answer is right, and is most often wrong, rather that work rules swing that pendulum far less than you might imagine. Their planning factors relating to work rules are rarely conservative.

Now, if your point is that your relative position and resultant QWL will be increased by recalls, then I support that position. However, the trigger isn't as much in work rules but block hours.

JMIP,

Lee