Originally Posted by
cadetdrivr
They have also considered pilots a "fixed cost" so why give guys 18 days off when they can schedule 12 off and have them available for re-assignment without repercussion?
Cadet,
The tradeoff for the CAL side was that reserves could end up with only 4 days off under the old CAL reserve system because if they didn't use you on a reserve day the company could come back later and call that an "OFF" day and they make you fly into your scheduled days off. Imagine commuting to reserve with only 4 days off a month. Now they get 12 or 13 guaranteed. Three times better than before.
So a couple people at the top got to benefit from the loose rules, and the rest got hammered.
The union should put rules in place to protect all pilots, not just the special ones. UAL ALPA did it right with the contract with regard to work rules.