So How Short is Pinnacle?

[OPECJet]

My wife bought one of our friends a ticket to spend Thanksgiving with us on NW.

Flight up was delayed 2 hours due to no crew, then his flight back was canceled this morning for the same reason.

Is the staffing that bad, or schedulers who don't know how to get things covered?

 

[Slick]

"So How Short is Pinnacle?"


'bout 5'1", (with '70s-style platform shoes).

 

[McNugent]

Heard some mechanics on the bus last week saying the ASA guys that left to run the PCL mx in ATL were pretty much told their positions wouldn't be around long, and that PCL didn't have the pilots to staff the planes.

 

[eaglefly]

My wife bought one of our friends a ticket to spend Thanksgiving with us on NW.

Flight up was delayed 2 hours due to no crew, then his flight back was canceled this morning for the same reason.

Is the staffing that bad, or schedulers who don't know how to get things covered?

My guess is staffing IS that bad and NW is lying to their customers. Most likely they know about a pirticular flight that might have problems but wait till the last minute to stiff their customers so they won't book on someone else.

 

[CRJ puppy]

My wife bought one of our friends a ticket to spend Thanksgiving with us on NW.

Flight up was delayed 2 hours due to no crew, then his flight back was canceled this morning for the same reason.

Is the staffing that bad, or schedulers who don't know how to get things covered?

If you have to ask such a question, then you don't work in the airline industry. This isn't unique to Pinnacle.

 

[Windsor]

Is the staffing that bad, or schedulers who don't know how to get things covered?

My guess would be on crew sked. Somehow I think our staffing levels are improving due to the loss of aircraft to mesaba.

 

[norskman2]

My guess would be on crew sked. Somehow I think our staffing levels are improving due to the loss of aircraft to mesaba.

Aren't the Delta Connection -900s going to offset the loss of the -200s to XJ, at least as far as staffing?

 

[ehaecker]

It's a staffing problem.

 

[Windsor]

I'm sure we are a little short staffed, but we are losing planes faster than we are gaining them.

I think we are losing 2 a month and gaining 1 for a net loss of 1 plane a month.

 

[Cpt Oveur]

Aren't the Delta Connection -900s going to offset the loss of the -200s to XJ, at least as far as staffing?

PCL 900s are coming to atl to offset the skywest 900s that will be used elsewhere, my guess slc. Skywest is closing their ATL domicile.