theUpsideDown

By now one of these HR tapped pilot goons should be in here telling us thats normal and planned. Could it be? Theyre finally speechless?

Dorp

This, this right here is music to my ears.

overqualified52

can I have a new bike and a bag of marbles for Xmas?

overqualified52

what a shame . When I was first hired in 94 at Mesaba , MSP was the best station for years and years with NWA . Now it’s sad what’s happened there with the ground services .

ASAPsafetyGUY

I miss red bread trucks and the perfect fit of saabs in the A concourse.

Green Needles

New hires beware: I hope you like min days off and not seeing your families. The mock award is showing just about everyone at min days off for March. That's 10 days for lineholders and 11 for reserves. This is due to our management not having us adequately staffed for the growth. Your QOL will not be good for the foreseeable future and you will have very little time off. Forget having a work life balance.

gojo

yes, it seems they are going to the Skywest staffing model

pad39a

This is dramatic, and it's also mostly not true. I'm looking at the mock for NYC 900 FO right now. It looks like about half of lineholders have 13+ days off, some up to 16, and about 1/3 of lineholders got credit pushed and have minumum (10) days off, with the remaining percentage having 11 or 12 days off.

Contractually, reserves get 11 days off in a 28 day bid month, so that shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

Are we adequately staffed? No. Is "just about everyone" at min days off? No...not even close.

Green Needles

I know a 28 year guy that is showing 13 days off, and not voluntarily. Most lineholders are 10-11 days off because management nearly stopped hiring for a while and now is hiring only minimally. We lost 46 last month and hired less than 40. It's not overdramatic, it's simple math. We are growing at 2-3 planes per month, but our seniority list is shrinking. It's simple math. New guys need to know the truth, not company propaganda. We are understaffed and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Unless Daddy D lets go of their big ego and starts thinking about the F word AND we significantly increase our training capacity, understaffing, credit pushes, and min days off are what the future holds.

We need 80-90 pilots per month to hire for attrition and growth. The last class had 7 people. Like I said, if you want QOL and work-life balance, do not come here.

JulesWinfield

My mock shows 13 days off. You're distorting the truth. This is also a short month.