Asa Cancels 10-20 Flts Aday=no Crew

[sgwabd]

1. Stay away from open time
2. Write up every discrepancy
3. Fly safely.

This will get us our contract.

 

[Texx]

ASA and It's Probelms..

We can't keep blaming the ramp and gates for all of the problems. It's become pretty clear that the bulk of our delays are operational. When you do three and four day trips with 13-14 hour duty days and 9-10 hours rest and 20-45 minute turns all day it doesn't take much of a glich to send a whole trip into a string of delays. Often you finish the first day of a trip late and CS can either put you on RR and shorten your next day, or put you 9 hours rest and delay you the next morning so you can do the whole day. The problem is, when you get that late start you can't get caught up with 20-45 minute turns. So your whole next day has a 0% on-time rate. There are a lot of lines built like that, and if you hear the radio the bulk of the delays are late arriving aircraft. No matter how fast you fly, how fast the gate boards, and how fast the ramp gets you out, you're not gonna be on time when you consistently arrive at the gate after your next departure time.

There needs to be more thought on building the lines so that when you do get behind there is some buffer to get caught up. And the company needs to get over the idea that the only reason we like 8 hour RR is so we don't have to do that last turn. If it comes down to RR and getting the first flight out on time the next morning or 9 hours rest so we can do the whole day, the first flight has to be on time.

Every decision CS and OCC makes needs to be what will effect the overall on-time rate, not just for the current flight, but subsequent ones as well.

The problem is that we've been mismanaged into a situation where we are short pilots. They don't have the flexibilty to remove pilots for the sake of on-time performance. Mgmt has successfully ruined a good company and turned ASA into a place where no one wants to stay and no one wants to come. So the bottom line is they brought this on themselves. And it's not gonna get better until there is a change of philosophy in employee relations, and in the way we operate.

You worry too much. Do you get paid to manage the airline or do you get paid to fly an airplane... Do what you get paid to do and as SB our leader has said, "you do your job and don't worry about running the airline".

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

Why don't you shut the Fck up!!!! He has points that are dead on. How bout you go and 'do you job' if you don't have anything but shti to say.

 

[SouthTex]

My Sim Partner is Back!

 

[Texx]

Why don't you shut the Fck up!!!! He has points that are dead on. How bout you go and 'do you job' if you don't have anything but shti to say.

Spoken as the true professional that you must be.

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

right after you.

 

[Palerider957]

Fins is largely right. Most of the people leaving ASA are FO's. ASA is having a hell of a time getting people to just show up for the new-hire classes!

The treatment of employees (specifically abuse by scheduling), the rampant incompetance, and no talent management, are no longer ASA's dirty little secret. People are simply choosing to go elsewhere.

I guess ASA could lower the minimums further. Right now at 600/100 they can't attract people, so perhaps cutting them in half again will do the trick! My 10 year old niece likes airplanes, I'm going to give her an application and see if JS will bring her in for an interview. Perhaps we should just go to homeless shelters and hand out applications, maybe the local drunk tank, and drug rehab? At least these people would stay until they sobered up and realized where they are. Of course, getting them to wear their hat might be a challenge.

ASA has never valued employees, now that deep-seated attitude is coming back to haunt them.