Originally Posted by
leftcoast
Wow--nothing hostile or difficult about this from CAL pilot managers:
"comments by Continental managers such as the following: “If you guys take more than three or four days a month in military leave, you’re just taking advantage of the system.”; “I used to be a guard guy, so I know the scams you guys are running.”; “Your commander can wait. You work full time for me. Part-time for him. I need to speak with you, in person, to discuss your responsibilities here at Continental Airlines.”; “Continental is your big boss, the Guard is your little boss.”; “It’s getting really difficult to hire you military guys
because you’re taking so much military leave.”
This is quoted from the lawsuit link.
The company has a problem in the way PBS is implemented, which is ironic since THEY wrote the entire PBS section of the contract. They want all absences to be loaded into a pilot's schedule before PBS is run. Problem is, many reservists don't know their drill days for they next month until after PBS is run. Consequently, trips that conflict with drill get dropped and have to be covered within the company's woefully inadequate work rules and staffing model.
Poor planning on their part does not constitute an emergency on ours. Hire 500 more pilots.