Originally Posted by
GS-Alpha View Post
Why would you not utilise your spare crew to protect the safety of your customers at this time?
Originally Posted by
Pumal1w
Why?
Because sadly we live in an era of corporate greed. ‘Spare’ crew simply increase the wage bill and cost base.
I think GS-Alpha is trying to point out that for some airlines at least, it costs nothing extra to have a pilot actually commit aviation, because they are paying them for (many) more hours than the pilots are actually flying