Originally Posted by
onetime
Which part do I misunderstand? Like you, I'm not picking up any DPs, but don't confuse that with the process working. As someone mentioned, we've had very few DPs over the last couple years, yet trips "seem" to be getting worse. Like many other things, the company finds a way around to get what they want.
You may remember a few years back there was an MD-11 DP in MEM or ANC, that was not picked up (assigned to reserves) for 3 months, after which time the company said that the pairing was needed for system function, our "united" union said OK.
It is what we have right now and like many other things we have right now, it needs to be fixed in our favor.
That happened in ANC and our union didn't just say OK. The way the process works is, after 3 mos of the DP not being flown(except by reserves), it goes to VP of flight ops for disposition. In this case PC decided the PR was good to go. A flawed system without a doubt, but it was not the union that said ok.