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Old 07-24-2012 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by hoserpilot
Well I had a plane with a seat with my name on it ready to deadhead home. I spent twenty minutes on the phone with scheduling and reroute. They both had managers on the phone talking to each other and said I had to fly into my day off. Everybody on the phone knew about the golden day. They also knew I had a nice cozy seat on a plane. I was not stuck, the weather was great. The company just needed the best , and only, pilot available!
If this went down as you have described it, I recommend that you call the ALPA office. You may be due inverse assignment pay, and despite the ALPA-bashing often read here the union get pilots pay protected and compensated all the time for company screwups.