Originally Posted by
fireman0174
I remember quite well the company being advised to not expect "extra help" due to their planning an overly aggressive summer schedule, especially considering the mood of the pilot group. And I do recall the SSC advising them, just as you have stated above, several times. As you say, not a threat, just a real world assessment which the company, with their usual great lack of wisdom, choose to ignore.
Its very easy to put the blame on the pilots, which management loves to do, but they needed to look inward for the root cause.
You speak wisdom. I swear, we did and still do I'm sure try to have a positive relationship with CM. Sadly, decisions made by them on such topics astound me time after time.
In 2000, I just sat back and watched it play out. Heck, had a pure line (same trip 4 times with same Capt....ah the good old days) with the first leg of the ID from ONT to ORD leaving at around 1500L. ALL 4 trips began with 3 to 4 hour EDCTs that didn't move. Not to mention, the day was already an IROP abortion. Canx flights all over the place, re-sched's, misconnects, you name it.
Another warning they failed to heed was the summer prior to the first round recalls. They were cautioned about the manning issue. Line and reserves maxing out a week prior to the end of the month, etc. Took them 3 months to finally realize the need to recall after huge cancellation numbers in June and July. Of course, gotta start the recall process, restaff TK, etc........
And they get bonuses for this type of performance!
Frats,
Lee