I'll give a shout out to CAL Crew Planning (or maybe the kudos should go to CAL Marketing since they run the airline).

The pilot group feels so blessed in this time of economic uncertainty of the "opportunity" for Voluntary Junior Manning between the 21st and the 27th. Such charitable giving on CAL's part is making me consider bundling the company with the likes of those other worthy philanthropic individuals:

Bill Gates
Warren Buffett
Oprah Winfrey
Ted Turner
Mark Zuckerberg
(to name just a few)


NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As was pointed out to me yesterday, a bid was run in May of this year showing 15 pilot recalls. The contention at the time was that the company should have recalled all the pilots on that bid in anticipation of them starting their recall training in September. However, the company only decided to recall all pilots on the August bid and training didn't even start for the first (original) recalls until November.

Here we are in December and the first recalls might just be finishing their IOE with the remainder to finish up by March. Meanwhile, there is no coverage in any base for the 737 flying as evidenced by this gracious company offer to pick up open time for 150% pay during the holiday. Chief pilots are out flying and recurrent sim training has been canceled because the pilots and instructors are needed on the line instead. This then creates problems that Training has to rectify in future months to keep everyone qualified.

Outstanding Job!!!

Remember the old saying:

"A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part!"