MLBWINGBORN
Freedom Fighter
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2001
- Posts
- 476
Ok guys and gals..
Just got done talking with someone that deals with manning..
This is another one of those good news / bad news kinda things..
So here it goes..
20 new aircraft for a net gain of 17..That works out to be 187 pilots for the 17 planes the way they figure it..
We have hired and have trained or are in the process of training 150 pilots..That leaves us 37 short..The two remaining classes will cover this number..
So as it stands the manning is about where it needs to be for the moment..
As always all this is based on the "planned" growth and can change in a moments notice.
The brite side is that this doesnt include the estimated 50 or so retirements that are going to happen this year..
A couple of notes about reserves and riding the couch..
As it stands they have way to many reserves in DAL and way to few in OAK and PHX..The reserves almost never fly in DAL and they fly about 90% of the time in OAK and about 40% of the time in PHX..They are looking at moving some of those numbers around to even up the usage..
Still trying to find a real number on how many are in the pool..
Be well
MIke
MLBWINGBORN
Just got done talking with someone that deals with manning..
This is another one of those good news / bad news kinda things..
So here it goes..
20 new aircraft for a net gain of 17..That works out to be 187 pilots for the 17 planes the way they figure it..
We have hired and have trained or are in the process of training 150 pilots..That leaves us 37 short..The two remaining classes will cover this number..
So as it stands the manning is about where it needs to be for the moment..
As always all this is based on the "planned" growth and can change in a moments notice.
The brite side is that this doesnt include the estimated 50 or so retirements that are going to happen this year..
A couple of notes about reserves and riding the couch..
As it stands they have way to many reserves in DAL and way to few in OAK and PHX..The reserves almost never fly in DAL and they fly about 90% of the time in OAK and about 40% of the time in PHX..They are looking at moving some of those numbers around to even up the usage..
Still trying to find a real number on how many are in the pool..
Be well
MIke
MLBWINGBORN