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05-25-2023 | 05:04 PM
#261
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you can't have it both ways..either you want GS and can deal with getting some phone calls, or you silence your phone and fly your schedule. as it is now, once you get G1 and go to the bottom you have less of a chance to get G2 because they can't wait around to get to you at the bottom of the list. as for proper staffing, we have been hiring a ton of pilots, so I dunno where you think they can magically make more appear? As said earlier we have like 3000 more pilots than we had 10 years ago. Big issue is the crappy optimized trips that cause sick and fatigue calls and don't allow any time in them in case there's weather or mtc issues and what not.
05-25-2023 | 06:32 PM
#263
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Seriously! Knowing how many crews you need to operate X amount of flights reliably per month is not some closely guarded secret or something we're still 'trying to figure out' because we're a start-up.
05-25-2023 | 07:03 PM
#265
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Ed is single-handedly trying to do that by alienating the majority of our customers and employees….well, except maybe FA’s. Its almost as if he despises customers as much as he does pilots.
05-25-2023 | 09:05 PM
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you can't have it both ways..either you want GS and can deal with getting some phone calls, or you silence your phone and fly your schedule. as it is now, once you get G1 and go to the bottom you have less of a chance to get G2 because they can't wait around to get to you at the bottom of the list. as for proper staffing, we have been hiring a ton of pilots, so I dunno where you think they can magically make more appear? As said earlier we have like 3000 more pilots than we had 10 years ago. Big issue is the crappy optimized trips that cause sick and fatigue calls and don't allow any time in them in case there's weather or mtc issues and what not.
05-26-2023 | 05:07 AM
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Maybe not for the last few years, but prior to that I remember seeing very impressive operational reliability. I know some of that was 'manufactured' i.e. delay a flight 12 or more hours instead of canceling it so it didn't hurt the numbers, but overall things were much better.
05-26-2023 | 06:39 AM
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maybe if you're in a category with like 50 pilots you can have it both ways with the batch size as it is. if you're like most of us it doesn't work. yeah i know not your problem.
05-26-2023 | 06:41 AM
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Maybe not for the last few years, but prior to that I remember seeing very impressive operational reliability. I know some of that was 'manufactured' i.e. delay a flight 12 or more hours instead of canceling it so it didn't hurt the numbers, but overall things were much better.
05-26-2023 | 06:48 AM
#270
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Help me understand the difference in category size as it affects batch size preferences.
If I’m in a category with 400 pilots and there are 3 trips to cover, a batch size of 15 means I have a one in 5 chance of being the selected pilot for a green slip.
If I’m in a category of 100 pilots there and there are 3 trips to cover, a batch size of 15 means I have a one in 5 chance of being the selected pilot for a green slip.
Am I to understand that larger category pilots want more headfakes with the tradeoff that they get through the coverage process faster? Why isn’t anyone discouraged by the total response window going to 25 minutes from the historic 10? I’d rather shorten that myself than open myself to more headfakes.
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