Haha I posted something like that in the old Skywest thread before both of us worked there. Lemme see if I can find it

 

http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/regional/60537-skywest-553.html

 

Nice

(Filler)

 

Meant nothing by it. Just stated a fact.

 

So far DTW is going pretty junior, what a shock!

Obviously not knowing wha the pairings will be like etc is hampering people bidding but still :P if you want DTW...youll get DTW!

 

Be interesting to see how junior the captain bid goes.

 

Not that our opinion matters, but I am curious as to what we feel is an acceptable level of reserve staffing. Pretty disheartening to hear people defend the practice of sending SLC reserve CA out to every other base on TDY by saying that SLC is overstaffed and displacement would be the other option. SLC only has 15% reserve coverage this month and 19% last month. The company always says that it wants 15-20% reserve coverage, but then when they get it, all they do is transfer those pilots to every other domicile.

When we ask for a proper level of reserve staffing, we shouldn't be threatened by displacements. Especially by our own pilot group. We already have TDT setup and built into our standing bid software. There is no reason not to use our current setup. Other than it will expose a big hole in their current utilization numbers where we ship reserves across each others bases, just so we don't let those lazy pilots sit home and get paid for doing nothing.

 

^ you obiously don't understand what TDT is. Its for temporary filling in for a pilot on leave.. Aka mil,fmla,ect. Not for shortness of staffing do to training backlog...

 

Has skywest ever used TDT?

 

Yes. But the way it was intended.. Not what the 99% majority think its for.. I was baffled by it before. But after sapa explained it was for LOA's. Then it was more clear.. Plus if they used TDT as a temporary fix. They would use it instead of fixing the problem..