It seems the only people that want this company to fail are the idiot middle management that can't seem to do anything right.

So it's ALPA's fault for providing input on the pairing construction process, it's Delta's fault for hiring too many of our mechanics, and it's the crew schedulers' fault for being inexperienced. At what point will someone in leadership step up, take a little bit of responsibility and say "You know what, we didn't fully account for certain factors and we miscalculated our staffing needs." In the absence of such a statement, I'm left to believe that leaving us understaffed was a calculated decision -- that punishing our passengers, our crews, and our mainline partners was deemed preferable to spending the money to hire and upgrade a few more crews.

The adequacy of an airline's staffing is not determined by the rows and columns of some Excel document -- it's determined by how many pilot seats are empty while the passenger seats are full.

Well said!!!!!

Well his memo says that there have been zero drafts this month compared to 35 last year. Well I was drafted out of RGT earlier in the month. Why does his memo say zero drafts??? It was even coded DRA in skedplus.

Also we increased from 4.7 to 4.9 crews/aircraft. That's an increase of just over 1% yet we have a 4.7% increase in flying. You do the math. He kept touting the increase in crews/aircraft like staffing is better than last year. It's not. Where's the number for crews/aircraft in relation to block hours.

+1 and well said. Passengers are number 1, and noone wants to see the company fail. We just want to be a part of a better company.

Why compare to 2010, we were understaffed then and we are understaffed now. I'm getting the sense they are planning to take away some flying in the future, and make us staffed correctly then. 7 year upgrades, love it! (sarcasm)

4.7 to 4.9 is about just over 1%?

Try 4.25%

So I can't do math. Point remains. 4.25% increase in staffing with a 4.7% increase in flying.

Is ASA scheduled to have contracts expire?

Do you have a reference for the 4.7% increase?

You can't count on historical stats and irrelevant staffing techniques when they simply fail or do not adapt them to current times and the predicament we find ourselves in. Zero accountability followed by not paying to maintain said staffing concerns and allowing the place to fester with rumors are not the fault of the employee, but that of the management who fails to heed the warning signs.

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