Five93H

Yes they did, good luck and let us know how it goes!

Edgecrusher28

By chance do you have any idea if there is still vacancy in the November-30th class? For a follow up question, how many people would have to be in a class for them to not merge with a later date?

Thanks

mooney

It wouldn't surprise me if they held a class with just one person in it. You're needed on the line asap and the instructors are just sitting around waiting for you anyways.

flyingsioux

Right.


Filler.

mooney

Are you familiar with instructor schedules? If you're not teaching on a day of work, you're on reserve. You can bet the company is going to get their money's worth out of you and not pay you to sit at home. It's rare a reserve day as an instructor goes untouched. So yes, many days of just sitting around knowing you will be used tomorrow on the day you were sure they had everything covered. Especially with a class of 1!

Avroman

Yup, this company's concept of reserve is; you need to be doing something, anything besides sitting at home available to be called to cover unforeseen circumstances. They feel they aren't getting their money's worth simply having someone available to call in on a relatively short notice.

ShyGuy

Who are you? At least we are known knowns. You're a known unknown. 30 something posts, what is this a second screen name? Anyway not sure what you were looking for. Was there a question here?

SmitteyB

I would completely agree. It's call "productivity of assets" and its something they take very seriously.

We are just as much assets as the pallet truck in CWA hangar. As an asset, if we are not generating revenue then we are not an asset.

Arvik

How does that generally manifest itself? A lot of ready reserve as opposed to being at home on call?

higney85

From the instructor side, "blank days" are basically reserve days. I haven't NOT been used on a blank day thus far. Someone needs at least a non-fly, if not teaching a lesson.

On the line side, reserves are viewed as insurance. Every month there is an exchange while lines are being created over reserve numbers (headcount). The company wants as many as possible, the folks in PBS (pilots), want the fewest. The contract gives planned guidance (bid pack) to a min/max so it becomes an discussion over needed/wanted/warranted. 20% and above is a problem for the pilots, 10% or less is a problem for the company. 15% is a good spot (nominally, depending on the base size), but if the line average isn't high, the company stands on 20% without a contractual aspect to say no. The schedulers love to have reserves, some pilots on reserve don't want to be used (the few that live in base). Most pilots either want a line, or want to fly with an early release time on the last day.

All known, and in most cases, apply to common sense. Ending the day with a bunch of reserve folks unused isn't efficient, as is ending the day with canceled flights due to lack of reserves. It's the balance that needs to be found, and contractual positions to protect the bad end for the pilots. A compromise doesn't exist at the moment.

Guess what, few have it. Whether it's other regionals, majors, or cargo operators, the line is always moving and is not able to be a simple mathematical probability on any realistic level.