Originally Posted by
legend
Since you want to put blame on those who accept jobs with lower wages then you must include when some of you at DAL, UAL etc. drove the wages so high the only thing it could do was come crashing down.
You obviously have no clue how the wage rates got driven up. So, here's a history lesson for you. The intial spike in wage rates happened when UAL proposed the merger with USAir. UAL management bribed the pilots into acquiescing to the merger with outrageously high pay rates.
Then Delta went into negotiations asking for UAL +1%. When DAL management balked, they refused to fly overtime. Since fully 20% of DAL flying at the time was done by pilots on overtime, the system stumbled. DAL managers had no choice but to accept those pay rates.
So, who's fault is it really? The pilots? UAL management offered the high rates as a bribe. DAL management agreed to the rates in contract negotiations.
If you don't know or understand the history of the pay scale, perhaps you should keep your "opinions" to yourself.
I am sure your company manual does not say that. Just a thought before you decide to refuse a guy who is trying to catch a ride home. Thats what a reciprcal agreement is for and all on that list.
What MY manual says is the cockpit jumpseat is occupied at the discretion of the
CAPTAIN. Personally, I wouldn't consider asking B6, VA or SKB for a ride anywhere. And I encourage other Union pilots to boycott those airlines for all travel, revenue or not.