Originally Posted by cadetdrivr

Actually, that's exactly what they are doing.

UAL is using some of the airplanes on domestic routes but those flights don't require 3 or 4 FOs so the fleets are overstaffed in the short term. That means there are more pilots than normal on reserve, but with fewer block hours combined with more pilots on reserve, the reserves are not being utilized at a normal level. So yes, there are guys at home getting paid.

Since pilots are only trained and current on one fleet type at a time it's not like UAL can have them fly A320s, for example, in the interim.

In the short term UAL will be offering reduced credit lines where pilots only receive 50 hours of pay but are OFF the entire month. For UAL it beats paying 73 hours for RSV pilots that are not used and there are pilots that are happy with reduced pay for known time off.

If this becomes a longer term problem UAL will displace pilots off those fleets but that will require lots of training ($$$) so UAL does not want to do that as the first step.

This is why everything is in limbo, nobody knows if this is short term or long term situation.

Originally Posted by A320

50hr no fly lines? I must have missed an email about that

Originally Posted by 89Pistons

The ccs message was only sent to fleets/seats affected.

Originally Posted by Andy

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.

Originally Posted by Winston

Incredibly, there was a small group of anti-vaxers waving signs outside the parking lot of my local Costco yesterday.

I’m optimistically looking at this whole event as an opportunity to further thin out the herd.

Originally Posted by KonaJoe

Prayer is the one thing we can all rely on to not work.

Originally Posted by Andy

Yes, I suppose many are busy panicking over things that they have zero control over.

I have followed the guidance from the second line in preparation for worst case.

As for the third line, I'm pretty sure I know the difference between what I have control over and do not.

I'm not religious; it's just really, really good life advice.

Originally Posted by SparrowBird

another 850 point loss the second day in the row on the market.

Originally Posted by AntiPeter

Men are more likely to die, but younger healthy men are at a very low risk.

Originally Posted by KonaJoe

Prayer is the one thing we can all rely on to not work.