Originally Posted by
pitz
I'd have to presume that the crew (pilots, FA's), who are exposed to 80 (or potentially more with overtime) flight hours per month on the 737Max would be a far more forceful group of people with respect to ensuring that the 737Max is a safe aircraft to operate. Would AC be able to operate an airline if most of their crew refuse to bid 737 assignments? Or FA's scheduled onto an A320 substituted onto a 737?
I heard an FA mumbling that the MAX was on her never-fly list, before. But not all of them have that bid-priority luxury.
Pilots, especially so. Eventually, that is assuming a nightmare future the MAX returns to service, X pilots will be given the options of Y flying slots or Z transition slots, where X~=Y+Z. This implies X-Y unhappy pilots. Possibly unhappy and unemployed, possibly unhappy and flying anyway.