Originally Posted by
exwaterski
Okay so let's assume you are a voting member of the union and have a seniority number. It's still not a good idea to have a subset of members who have no stake in the contract outside of the hourly rate. How do you represent part time pilots who have no vested interest in the contract? You would have to cap it somehow like maybe you can only go on p/t status for a year at a time. If anyone knows the details of how part time/reduced schedules work for the Republic FA's I would be interested to know.
Maybe as a part time employee you are on probation without voting rights.