Does your airline have a "Staffing Formula?"

[WMUSIGPI]

I'd guess it has something to do with darts, a dartboard, and lots of beer...

 

[graseby]

20 pilots per aircraft on 744F long haul operation

 

[Captain X]

CAL's

Part 2 - Staffing
A. The number of assignments required to be staffed by Base, Equipment, and Status,
not including assignments staffed by management pilots and Flight Instructors or other
double-bid pilots on leaves of absence, will be determined for each bid period by
application of the following formula:​

1. Scheduled hours for each (including
augmented crew positions and including an
estimate of Deadhead utilizing the formula
prescribed in Section 25.4.A [25.7.D.2
effective with PBS implementation] and rig
time pursuant to Section 4.3) divided by
83:30 = # of pilots​

2. Reserve (10% of item #1) = # of pilots​

3. Charter hours divided by 65:00 = # of pilots​

4. Projected Sick leave man months = # of pilots​

5. Vacation man months = # of pilots​

6. Training man months = # of pilots​

Total System pilot requirements = sum of pilots​

B. The number of pilots to be staffed in each bid period will be no less than the
requirements produced by the above formula. To respond to fluctuations in flying
time, sick leave, vacation and training, the denominator of 83:30 in the formula above
may be increased separately for each Base, Equipment and Status no more than:​

1. A total of fourteen hours (14:00) in any calendar year​

2. Four (4) bid periods in any calendar year​

3. Three hours and thirty minutes (3:30) in any bid period.​

C. No increase in the denominator of 83:30 is allowed with respect to a bid period when a
pilot is on furlough.​

 

[imadumbpilot]

1. A total of fourteen hours (14:00) in any calendar year​

2. Four (4) bid periods in any calendar year​

3. Three hours and thirty minutes (3:30) in any bid period.​

C. No increase in the denominator of 83:30 is allowed with respect to a bid period when a

pilot is on furlough.​

A little tid bit they didn't tell you about with PBS is that there ability to flex divisors and caps rests soley with the pbs committee now and there are no limits on how many times it may be flexed in a year.

nice huh