nordo_2
Vatos Locos Forever
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- Jun 27, 2007
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Those are great questions counselor. Let me explain how we handle the avoidance pilots:
We hire a team of specialists that almost exclusively fly with high avoidance pilots. We call these pilots "reserves". Reserves can put up with more ******************** than 10 normal humans and 100 pilots. We have a rigorous program to break a reserve. First we tell them they will be off Reserve in a short time "6 months or a year", then we keep them on reserve for 5-10 years. If we have a trip that reports at 10 AM we will call the reserve at 3 AM to ensure they are never well rested. The trip is always a real pile of crap we put together by taking several pieces of our "high avoidance" pilots trip and splitting it up. Once broken these reserves are truly the best.
1. Clear right
2. You're right
3. I'll take the fat one
You want to hire a clown then you have to hire some reserves! The system isn't perfect. Even the best reserve can crack. When they do, accidents happen. They are the thin red line between bad hiring, and accidents.
Just out of curiosity was the FO a reserve?
Reserves aren't completely powerless. The avoidance list for a line holder is a nice clean way to stay away from the honey badger type. And some airlines don't have one. You can make your own bid avoidance list. Takes some work on your part.