Originally Posted by
Nevets
Entitlement? Yeah, we feel entitled to our QOL and compensation, just as you are entitled to feel about your QOL and compensation. But somehow when you guys want that, it's ok. But when we want that, you guys are befuddled. Talk about entitlement, you want it but won't even give us the courtesy for us to fight for it without throwing a fit over it.
What happens? The other pilot is required to call if the other isn't there at show time. Crew scheduling then assigns an airport standby or assign it to the next guy on reserve. The pilot not making it gets to explain it to his Cheif pilot. This isn't rocket science and it's been the way we been doing it for almost 10 years. And despite that, CCF has been among the highest. Well not since Skywest bought us but that's a different story.
The entitlement I refer to is your collective opinion that you should be able to do whatever you want and the company can get over it because they exist to provide you a job.
And I love your plan about using ready reserves. You have now seen how this management operates for 3 years now. They will just compensate by putting 50 pilots on ready reserve every day instead of the usual 3-6. Oh but you don't care, because you're too senior to sit reserve anyhow. Yeah! F those junior F'ers!!! (Nevermind that they're 10-14 year Captains). I shouldn't have to check in! Never mind that 99% of the industry does it. Entitlement!