Alright, so by crew members blocking their calendars, they deter others from soliciting trades and prevent paired crew members from viewing each other's preferences prior to the start of the trip? That's it?
I mean, if a crewmember wanted to trade or drop a trip, is there no system that allows this in say, a trade/drop/swap board type of system?
Again, apologies for the naïveté, but since we don't have the ability to see other crewmembers' calendar, I guess I don't know what I'm missing.
I was under the impression the uproar here was about transparency with respect to CBA "skirting" as it may, and the ability of others to identify these crewmembers, or at least deter them from violating provisions of the contract.