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That can't happen with an established seniority system. You can't give new hires a base for which there is a waiting list with old hires waiting to get in.Originally Posted by iahflyr
-Hire into bases
A startup regional might be able to do it... no union, they could have local vice global seniority lists . Eventually the startup would have a union, but if they hired carefully, and most pilots were happy with the local emphasis then the union might let it persist. UPS drivers have this, you can move to another city but your seniority starts at the bottom.
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This is like saying that you'd be a firefighter if you only had to work 9-5. That's just not how the industry works...Originally Posted by iahflyr
-Cut down on overnights (1-2 day trips work best)
1. PAX, especially biz travellers want to be able make their hub connection and arrive at the destination in time to do something production, hence early am departures.
2. Same for the return, they want to be productive before they fly home so they need that late arrival from the hub.
3. Airlines want airplanes flying as close to 20 hours/day as possible. When an airplane sits it generates no revenue, but you have to pay for mortgage, insurance, parking space, and calendar-based Mx.
That math ain't changin' boys.
Only way to "avoid" overnights is standups... a lot of people actually like that because you have the day off, you just don't get to sleep in your own bed.
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They already do that for FA's, and it could make a lot of sense at some point in the future. But *right now* there's a HUGE problem with part time pilots....Originally Posted by iahflyr
-Allow part time employment (half time lines or half the number of reserve days)
Part time FA's require the same recurrent training as full-time. But they can just throw more FA's in a recurrent class.
Part time pilots also require the same recurrent training and checking as full time... but regionals are currently SEVERELY limited on training bandwidth, sim capacity and even more so on the availability of check airmen who are all bailing for legacies. So they'd have to go out on a limb and hope that enough part-timers would stick around long enough to justify spending twice the training resources per block/hour flown.