Captains in the right seat is better then downgrading people to the right seat, No?
When it happened at XJT a few months ago ( a large number of CA as FO assignments), it was because a LOT of FOs called in sick. So many in fact that they didn't have enough reserves to cover for it. It wasn't that we were understaffed per se, but rather the company didn't expect that many sick calls at once.
Captains in the right seat is better then downgrading people to the right seat, No?
Not only that, the company has to pay them captain pay. Sounds like Karma to me! No offense to any furloughed folks (I am), but it has nothing to do with them. Because of the cost of that maneuver, I'm pretty sure the company doesn't like it anymore than us furloughed.
I disagree. If you need to have CAs flying in the right seat more than once in a while, you're staffing's off.
Word from our negotiations crew is that our lovely mgt here is now saying we are over staffed ... This stuff is happening in October, before sick calls, holidays, and other issues start to kick in and these same fools are saying we're over staffed.... Hmmm..
Captains in the right seat is better then downgrading people to the right seat, No?
Word from our negotiations crew is that our lovely mgt here is now saying we are over staffed
At Eagle CAs could get junior-manned to fly right-seat. Didn't happen very often, but it did happen.