Originally Posted by
xjtguy
Nope, try again. You're NOT getting "hosed" by express employees. You're getting hosed by the management at United Airlines. When people wake up and realize this fight ISN'T with each other but against J-Lo and company, they'll probably sleep better at night.
Open up your scan, increase your SA.
People can cry foul all they want about what the express employee "should" do. Sure, just like the 2 years the JS glitch existed. There were PLENTY of mainline pilots that "should" have done the "right thing". Nope, didn't stop them exploiting the crap out of that issue.
Oh I see... When a UAL management computer glitch effects YOU negatively, threaten to deny UAL PILOTS the Jumpseat. But when a UAL management computer glitch effects ME negatively at your benefit, I'm supposed to relax and keep my SA. Thanks so much for clearing that up. What would I do without you??
Let me show you how the professionals deal with it. (By the way, it's happening on my oversold flight again tonight... A 2006 Express employee is at the top of the standby list on mainline. I have to burn a vacation pass to beat him. I'll take the Jumpseat, but ONLY if the agents use my seat to get the next in line UAL employee on....). First, I'm not going to deny the Jumpseat to anyone. Second, I'm going to file the correct paperwork with ALPA AGAIN (which clearly does nothing). Third, if my vacation pass gets me a seat, I'm going to stand at the podium and make sure the agents give that seat to the correct person in line. If they do, I'll take the Jumpseat. Fourth, I'm going to file a grievance against UAL demanding my vacation pass back as I should have been number 1 on the standby list. Fifth I'm going to whine about it on the forum
What I'm NOT going to do is go up to this poor kid and hand him some stupid letter about my plight and how I'm going to deny him and his company the Jumpseat.
How's that for SA? That's a rhetorical question. I don't care what you think