I know I don't see the big picture operationally but it seems to me that we are going to struggle to meet performance goals for summer flying if I was used on every day of availability this month except for one. I'm not even call me first and I made guarantee. My block hours were low but I was flying everyday. I'm really glad to have a job right now and I actually really enjoyed flying this month with some great captains. As a pilot though I have to whine about something so how about they fix whatever arbitrary number they have for minimum coverage so I can move some days off around!

 

We have the same problem at Mesa. I don't know if we are overstaffed as they say, properly staffed, or understaffed. It appears to be that we are understaffed as EVERYTHING is denied to min reserve coverage. It could be that we are indeed overstaffed, and that the company just can't manage their assets. That's probably the most likely thing.

Anyways, not to derail the thread. I just wanted to add that, and to say that as a fellow pilot living in Atlanta, I think about you ASAers a lot, and I hope for the best for you all. I know many folks there, and I think ASA is one of the best regionals, and certainly the best DCI carrier out there.

 

Thanks for the kind words, there is way to much negativity on APC

 

i think it is BS but they probably wont recall because that would be admitting that they made a mistake by furloughing. and we all know that no one at asa management is held accountable for anything.

 

there is no accountability in management in any industry right now. God knows bonehead SH would never say so. He is too busy putting his latest flavor of the week spin into RGT classes. Lets not forget this is the same guy who painted another regional as "a great, growing place to work" for us getting furloughed, some agreed, but to the masses it was a slap in the face. People would just rather get aroused to BH's weekly ourasa messages, telling people for the 27th week in a row how outstanding it is to be part of the ASA team and hard work pays off.

I think more than admitting a mistake, the probable reason for no call for the summer is because it might not make a ton of sense to bring people back, only to have them sitting around in the fall with another reduction in block hours, then possibly doing even less when the airplanes start going away. I hope this isnt the case, just playing of devils advocate.

 

"The arbitrary insertion of low-coverage, Red Arrow days into the monthly bid cycle – especially when eighty of our pilots are without jobs right now because we were “over staffed” – can only be viewed as poor planning and gross mismanagement by those in charge of schedule generation. A grievance on this matter is pending and we will be certain to provide you with an update as soon as possible."

From ALPA

 

Call me back! I'd gladly come back for 4-5 months and fly (until the fall cut in hours), all the while searching for somewhere else to go. It would beat unemployment (by a slim margin)

 

And maybe get us another 6 months of non rev.

 

Lemme guess...you work for Pinnacle??

 

The other day my buddy was running 7 hours behind schedule. Upon arriving in ATL, my buddy, who is not on reserve, was informed that he was being rescheduled and that there was a plane full of people and rest of crew waiting for him. The flight was supposed to have departed 5 hours prior and the rest of his crew had been waiting for him for 3 hours. The flight eventually was cancelled, but could have been completed had it left earlier.

Maybe someone in crew planning/scheduling needs to join someone from our maintenance department in the unemployment line.

Apparently the amount Delta doesn't pay us for cancelled flights isn't enough to cover having to pay for adequate staffing. I really wish I could see the big picture here. This is starting to get embarassing.