UH OH!! Its gonna hit the fan, now!!!!

[CFIT]

At SkyWest the huge jump in hours for June, July, and August, was known in early March. Our trips for July sux terrible.

The reason, I was told, we didn't hire for the summer was because in September there will be a massive reduction, to the point we will probably have to furlough.

Not sure about ASA?

 

[crj567]

That being said....a lot of this could be taken care of by better planning/scheduling from the puzzle factory.

I'm just sayin'..

I am not an apologist for the company by any means, but let's be fair here: The summer of 2010 should be remembered as being brought to you by Delta with an unexpected bump in block hours. Everything I'm seeing here points to this as not being a case of a 'dropped ball' by the folks responsible for planning over at the Toffie Terrace...[/QUOTE]

I think it is more a factor of how the reserves are being used. If all the known absences (for training, vacation, etc) were broken into two day trips and day lines and placed into open time, we would have plenty of reserves available. As things stand, some people have planned things so that reserves are used super "efficiently" to cover this stuff-and we are terribly short-handed when anything unexpected comes up. There really is no excuse for using reserves the way we have been using them.

-It is always better to have people who want to fly pick stuff up voluntarily than to expect people who have been drafted/extended several times to not be real pissed.

 

[crj567]

Agree. The lesson to be learned here is that reserves should be kept for the purpose of covering sick calls, unexpected bumps in traffic, and the occasional broken airplane ferry. Reserves absolutely should not be kept around to fly hidden open time, preventing more expensive senior lineholders from picking it up, to lower payroll costs. Whoever germinated this gem of an idea should have his pee-pee whacked with a rusty fan blade from a CF34 traveling at a full 100% N1. It was this idiotic idea that will make ASA look like the ASA of old this summer, and frankly, it's not the pilots' fault nor job to fix.[/QUOTE]


-Precisely.. We know who is responsible. He is the greasy guy who stands in front of all our recurrent classes and insults us-year after year....
-I am beginning to wonder when someone will ever hold him accountable.

 

[sunlitpath]

Super Regional Airlines sure are fun and exciting!

 

[COOPERVANE]

If I'm reading the report correctly, 11 cancels so far today due to lack of crews.

GO-ASA! and GET-IT-DONE!....CLAP,CLAP,CLAP!

 

[Roger Dat]

Where do you find a report of what has been cancelled and for what reasons??

 

[crj567]

If I'm reading the report correctly, 11 cancels so far today due to lack of crews.

GO-ASA! and GET-IT-DONE!....CLAP,CLAP,CLAP!

I see you are quoting from HER again!

-That woman's posts are acts of terrorism... Can you imagine having to live with that?

-The horror.....the horror.......

 

[COOPERVANE]

(RTP) Real time performance logo on our ASA right below DCA performance numbers. click on it
11 out of 33 cancels are:

08A DL CR-Pilot Available/ Operational Decision

LOTS of delays due to Crew reroute and unscheduled swaps

 

[bigshooter107]

What a clusterf@$k!!! And Mesa still sux more.

 

[FishandFly]

Anyone know if management is still claiming we're adequately staffed?