Originally Posted by
Mwindaji
No, sCAL does not have a Contract Hotline. We do have pilots that work contract issues and work in “Grievance”or Scheduling from about 9am to 4pm Mon -Fri & except Holidays. Those pilots are paid trip loss and no extras as far as I know. We also have Union Duty Officers (UDOs) that are not paid. So after hours weekend and holidays when you need help you call the UDO. UDOs do this while working the line or sitting reserve or on thier off time. UDOs should never have to buy their own beer.
I will agree to disagree with you if someone in a paid union position is worth more money than what they could get paid on the line or sitting reserves if there are other benefits to that position, such as working out of your home and never missing important times with your family like Christmas, birthdays and other special events without taking sick leave. Add to that we have had those same pilots turn around and work for management when their union job peters out.
What I was asking in this thread is about the few union pilots (like committee chairmen)that are getting that extra pay that no other union pilot or line pilot is getting. Isn’t the contract done? Or are they going to stretch this out as long as they can? Whose best interest are they serving?
They will stretch it out as long as they can, they always do.