Piedmont Airlines News & Rumors
05-31-2021, 07:27 PM
#6003
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They cannot afford to lose anyone. PDT would need to be way ahead of the game in its own hiring - which they are not, and they currently maintain the big lie of being “fully staffed” when scheduling is struggling to make the operation run and using all the reserves.
05-31-2021, 07:37 PM
#6004
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I would love for there to be a catch up flow. But I just can’t wrap my mind around that kind of attrition at a 680 pilot airline.
If we were going to lose so many people it would make sense for more upgrades and more new hires in the pipeline.
05-31-2021, 08:11 PM
#6005
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I mean we are pretty well staffed. I don't really get where everyone is getting this idea that we are understaffed. Over 50 captains on reserve in PHL and we're back to regular, more efficient lines in June. I know several on the CA side who haven't got called off reserve once in the last few weeks. At the very least, it's the best staffing levels I've seen in my years here (except mid-pandemic of course).
06-01-2021, 05:54 AM
#6006
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I mean we are pretty well staffed. I don't really get where everyone is getting this idea that we are understaffed. Over 50 captains on reserve in PHL and we're back to regular, more efficient lines in June. I know several on the CA side who haven't got called off reserve once in the last few weeks. At the very least, it's the best staffing levels I've seen in my years here (except mid-pandemic of course).
06-01-2021, 06:14 AM
#6007
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PSA is actively hiring and can't afford to lose anyone. Attrition is staying up and will only increase as some senior pilots have decided they don't want to wait on the flow and/or work for AA and other airlines have kicked hiring into "high gear" as well.
06-01-2021, 08:31 AM
#6008
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So your 50 CAs that you see on Schedule Daddy (since of course there is company transparency on an approved source....) does not mean much. Sure there are some super senior guys near flow that have "checked out" and started to bid RSV. However, there are still both CAs and FOs getting called on RSV to fly full 4-6 day trips. Is the airline really fully staffed when RSV pilots are flying more than line holders? RSV is supposed to be just that "reserve", where you call a RSV person for extreme circumstances such as a crew timing out, or someone is sick, or weather delays ect. You dont use RSV to fill the flying that you clearly are not staffed for....
06-01-2021, 11:52 AM
#6009
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I mean we are pretty well staffed. I don't really get where everyone is getting this idea that we are understaffed. Over 50 captains on reserve in PHL and we're back to regular, more efficient lines in June. I know several on the CA side who haven't got called off reserve once in the last few weeks. At the very least, it's the best staffing levels I've seen in my years here (except mid-pandemic of course).
06-01-2021, 12:58 PM
#6010
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Posts: 373
right so tweets practically begging people to pick up double premium sure gives us the indication of being properly staffed. Wake up.
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