Originally Posted by
Nevets
You'd have it even better if you didn't have to check in. If my car breaks down, I call. If I miss my commute, I call. If I'm sick, I call. If my commute diverts, I call as soon as I land. If I'm running late because of traffic/accident, I call.
Originally Posted by
Nevets
Our show time is one hour before departure time. We are not required to have mobile phones, computers, or any devices. So if they want to change our schedule, they either get a crew tracker or Cheif pilot to notify us in person or more than likely, you don't see your name on the release. Which at that point you are required to contact scheduling. It's been this way for almost 10
years with no detriment to completion factor.
Do you see the issue there? You want it all, but yet on the same hand you don't want anything. If you're not required to have a cell phone, how does the company know that they will be notified of an issue? They do that by having the option to login through ANY electronic device or computer, which includes the gate computer, or through the crew room. I see nothing wrong with that at all.
Originally Posted by
Nevets
What airlines specifically? Even so, if we don't do it any it's been working for almost ten years, why would we want to required that for the other 2/3 of our pilots? This is but one small QOL concession among many other huge ones that one side is ok to have the other take. When it should be the other way around!
So because it works, why change it? Why change the turbojet engine to a turbofan? Why change the light bulb, when it works? Obviously your pay check works for you, since you still work for the company, so why change that? You ask for raises, but why when it works for you guys right now?
Checking in is NOT a QOL issue. You say it hurts commuters. It says you have to be there 1 hour prior departure for a report time. If you're planning a commuting flight that will get you there with less than 1 hour prior to departure, then that's your fault for gaming the system.