Just wondering about the actual cost saving.
Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Since the crewing level has been reduced by one and the rosters are already out, the dropped crew member would therefore be pay protected so regardless they would still have to be paid for the trip that was dropped.
Also,since operations have already got crew allocated on reserve, there is going to be excess crew available, so chances of crew getting a trip on pay protection is going to be less or close to nil.
Besides hotel allowances,since accomodation is already paid for via contracts, the pay protected crew will still be paid PAY PROTECTION.
Any cost savings will not occur until the NEXT bid period.
So why bother taking a crew member off now as there is no cost benefit.
It should start at the next bid period, not now.
Can anyone else see the logic, or is management in panic mode?