Originally Posted by
FmrFreightDog
I disagree. Absent a strongly worded missive from ALPA clarifying exactly what our contractual long call obligations are, we will (as a group) grudgingly acquiesce to this. Our "union" has been in bed with the company on FAR 117 from day one.
Yep. 90% of the pilot group doesn't and won't grasp the significance and consequences of heeding the memo.
Skeds will leave a strongly-worded message demanding the pilot acknowledge IMMEDIATELY (the script is probably already written) and guys will rush to make it happen.
I flew with a guy last week who thought we got paid until a half-hour after block in, and that's why we should say goodbye to every single pax. I laughed and told him that half-hour is for duty calculations. We don't get paid crap after the beacon's off. He has worked here 20 years.
Do you think he will pay a damn bit of attention to what the contract says? Nope. He's leaning so far forward he's bent over. And he's not alone.