Originally Posted by
sailingfun
As has been pointed out here before by others the reserves required formula has nothing to do with the actual desired manning of the category for the company or the required manning per the contract. Its only purpose is to determine if pilots can swap or drop trips. The company is currently in compliance with the manning formula. They really should have renamed the reserves required to something like the swap drop matrix. It generates lots of confusion.
True, but I didn't say they weren't in compliance with the manning formula, I just said they need more pilots.
The formula that's being adjusted in the latest LOA is the reserves required formula, which lets people swap/drop trips, and move/drop X-days, not the manning formula.
I was just saying that with 16 reserves required, and 4 avail, unless they somehow count reserves available much more than they do, we're still not going to be able to swap/drop stuff.