Originally Posted by
Airhoss
So the newest little game the crew desk is playing is;
I'm on a short call 0700-2200. This is short call number 3 for the month, the first one you get add pay for. At 2158 the crew desk calls me to release me from duty and place me on a field standby for the following day.
Wow they had the decency to release me 2 minutes before my official duty period was over BUT EVEN BETTER now they claim that they don't have to pay me add pay because the RSC (reserve short call) period did not go unused, fuzzy logic, but it's what they are going with. Somehow the FSB doesn't count either because of the way it was assigned, I haven't quite figured that one out yet.
ALPA knows about it and is working on a grievance. Working for this company sometimes resembles a used car dealer and ambulance chasing, two bit lawyer convention all mixed into one big happy family.
Hey Hoss...check out page 33 of the UPA. 3-C-1-b seems to give them the right to assign a fs WITHOUT AN INTERVENING OFF-DUTY PERIOD to get out of paying you. IOW, since you were given an off duty period, it should be paid. The fs should also be paid as long as you are not assigned a trip, since it is your 4th sc AND/OR fs. It is written well, they just ain't following it. Big surprise.
Sled