September has been the slowest month of flying; airline capacity was reduced system wide, resulting in less amount of flying for me and my fellow colleagues.
Announced late August, to battle the overage of flight attendants, 1,550, about 10% of our workforce would be reduced, also known as furloughed. Well, not to be worried, I am free from the cuts as I was informed last week. Enough people volunteered to leave - taking their medical, dental, and flying benefits with them from a period varying 6 to 21 months.
So, will October have better flying for me? Probably not. The furloughs do not go into effect until October 31st, technically our November schedule.
I was just chatting with a friend to detail how much little I've flown for the month of September.
A summary of September (which includes August 31 - September 30:
- As reserve, we are given 11 days off
- In addition, I was released from duty 10 days (So "off" for 21 days)
- I flew 6 days out of the month (2 - 2 day trips, 2 - 1 day trips)
- I was on standby for 4 days out of the month
Total, I worked 10 days out of the month, yielding me 62.25 hours, or 40.13 hours of ACTUAL flight time I flew this month. Typically I've been flying around 90 hours.
What a bad month!
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