Originally Posted by
trashhauler
What airplane are they doing that in? Did you report that to the union? I check O/T on the MD-11 at 0700 quite a bit and sick drops in within 10-15 mins. It depends on who is at the desk. I don't think there is a conspiracy, but with scheduling, you never know. I've seen them pull some underhanded stuff before.
It was in the 727 --- during 4A2B --- Feb 2009 thru Jul 2010.
It all depended on what their reserve utilization was vs where they wanted it to be.
There is nothing the Union could do because the contract does not specify when these trips must be placed in OT besides 7am-10am.
The schedulers/company were operating within the letter of the contract, but not the intent.
Specifying that "sick trips" automatically taken from pilots at 7:00am must appear in OT no later than a specific time --- e.g. 7:15 am, each day --- would easily rectify the issue.
What would be the company's argument for not agreeing to this?
Simpy not buying "scheduler workload" --- the sick pilots have already been removed, and the trips are supposed to appear in OT.
At other times in the day, if someone sicks a trip for the next day they fall appear in OT almost immediately.