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On 4/15/2003 12:22:33 PM Mach85ER wrote:
A77IGW,
. . . if I was a crew scheduler, I''d keep my mouth shut. Your job takes about as much skill as a tollbooth worker.
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WOW, I really got a big chuckle out of that. Not because I agree with you, but because how wrong you really are.
Without "schedulers" or what you may also call "manning" agents, the airline doesn''t run, period, end of argument.
If maintenance workers don''t get scheduled,
your plane don''t fly.
If cabin service workers don''t get scheduled,
your plane don''t fly.
If baggage handlers don''t get scheduled,
your plane don''t fly.
If flight attendants don''t get scheduled,
your plane don''t fly.
If gate and ticket agents don''t get scheduled,
your plane don''t fly.
Unless of course, I''m mistaken and none of the above are needed to get a ship in the air, but I''ve yet to meet a pilot who is capable of doing any of the above, let alone willing.
If I''m not mistaken, scheduling requires a lot of knowledge, such as Excel, Sabre, dealing with Staff Administration, Auto-TA (?) systems operation, and being able to effectively deal with the heads of each and every department being scheduled. Manpower is no easy task, and to compare that type of position to that of a toll booth worker, would be like comparing the position of a pilot to that of a cowboy on a cattle drive.
I guess what it all boils down to is a very valid point you might be missing, and that is, without someone to schedule all the "grunt" work you appear to be above. . . . .
you aren''t needed.