What are they saving with 3-man compared to 4-man?
Not even hotel nights, as we will need 48h in the hotel instead of 24h.
They're only saving on an SO. (The lowest paid man)
If it's a problem of crew numbers, how come they aren't able to recruit SOs fast enough?
Because they decided not to pay expat conditions anymore a few years ago. It takes a year to train a new cadet SO through Adelaide. And it takes 80 sectors to upgrade them to FO.
We shouldn't bear the weight of their incompetence.
Solution: restore a proper housing package, and recruit DESO again.
2 months training now, 40 sectors (instead of 100) when they upgrade to JFO and a much safer airline in the long term (priceless).