Originally Posted by
Pineapple Guy
So, with 95% load factors of PAYING passengers, you want to be able to bump them off, and have DAL lose that revenue, just so you can live in Timbuktu. I get it.
And just because your Dad, and your grandfather, and your great grandfather, if they wanted a job, had to move to where the job was; you don't. Because you are a special breed, and think it perfectly reasonable that the job has to move to where you are. I get it.
No, I don't think that's many people's view. Bases close - people have family connections, sick or elderly parents, spouse's jobs, or houses they cannot sell except at a significant loss. I won't rattle off the bases that have closed over the years, but there are a lot of them.
People commute for many reasons. This policy was suppose to protect against accidental problems, but it's apparent that the company's view and the pilots views on "accidental" differ.