Rates of Pay
02-01-2020, 06:51 AM
#12
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 184
Originally Posted by ackeight
I will agree with that we are overstaffing, but not WAY overstaffing(pre max). The shoulder flights stressed us during the peaks. Personally I’d like to be overstaffed on the lows and appropriately staffed on the peaks. Some would disagree.
02-01-2020, 07:13 AM
#13
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Posts: 84
They didn’t change the staffing model because they felt like it. It needed to change because of stage length and the increased utilization.
It’s hard to squeeze a flight in if you’re bumping up against 117 if our average stage lengths are well over 2 hours.
It’s hard to squeeze a flight in if you’re bumping up against 117 if our average stage lengths are well over 2 hours.
02-01-2020, 10:20 AM
#14
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Joined APC: Sep 2011
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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER
Let’s not kid ourselves. The company WAY over staffed well before the MAX fiasco. The “new norm” was already hurting our pay opportunities even before the MAX got grounded, so while the return of that airframe will certainly help, the company seemed hell bent on changing the staffing model and not for the betterment of our W-2s.
02-01-2020, 11:20 AM
#16
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Originally Posted by ackeight
They didn’t change the staffing model because they felt like it. It needed to change because of stage length and the increased utilization.
It’s hard to squeeze a flight in if you’re bumping up against 117 if our average stage lengths are well over 2 hours.
It’s hard to squeeze a flight in if you’re bumping up against 117 if our average stage lengths are well over 2 hours.
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