Originally Posted by
PropDriver
If you're gonna blame anyone for the bad schedules at Colgan, blame the management that allowed the severe short staffing on the Saab to occur. The schedules for August and September would have been crap whether they were built by Mesaba or Colgan.
We had days in July when we started the day with one or zero reserves. You can't run an airline like that and the lineholders had to work more so we could staff enough reserves. The other option was build schedules like July but get extended/junior manned into your day off.
Okay, well, I guess it is better to
know I have a six day trip rather than getting the surprise on day four.
Originally Posted by
gonyon
So this is their way of Junior manning us into what would have been our day off without paying us our due fee. I'm telling you right now, they're gonna wish they didn't do this.
Bingo! Also if it is in your line, you can't ignore a phone call or refuse the draft. Our fearless leaders have won a double-header.
I doubt they will wish they hadn't done it. Calling fatigued takes action on the pilot's part: some won't do it, others remember the "Family Oriented" Colgan and get nervous. As for sick calls, everybody knows you pilots are just a bunch of slackers who convert sick time into "sickations". The company might as well flog you now so you burn your sick time and won't have any to use during the holidays.