AirTran distance learning = how many jobs lost?

[Kharma Police]

I know it's painful to sit through ground school, but my question is, did the NPA negotiated LOA "at home recurrent" help the company eliminate jobs? If so, how many pilot positions would you estimate?

 

[funnyman12]

Well the company gains 2 days/year from 1600 pilots. average pilot works 16 days/month which is about 192 days/year. 3200/192 = approx 17 pilots. Whether that increased efficiency caused more furloughs is the question. LOA 8 and 9, in my calculation, resulted in at least 31 job losses. It ia ashame the union was unable to have some wording protecting those pilots. The other factor is that our union had stated the original furlough number the company mentioned was 260 not 177. But since the communication from the union has been poor, we don't know where the negotiating began. I thought it began at 177 not 260. Who the heck knows.

 

[Muppets]

Without a doubt.....every month trips have to be covered by extensive amounts of "recurrent" lost flight hours. Nothing that has happened in the past 12 months at this airline has saved jobs......LOAs, Age 65, distance learning, etc. The company must just sit back and laugh their a$$ off every time we step on our dicks.