Originally Posted by
maddogmax
NWA had about the same language in our CBA when the company changed the buddy pass policy to require the employee to travel with the buddy. We had F/A's selling buddy passes on EBAY. The company argued that they were not changing the employees policy but that of the buddy pass riders.
Its an employee benefit to have buddy travel. It would be like saying your spouse can't travel and they can do it arbitrarily because the spouse isn't an employee.
The company is in violation of the CBA.
PERIOD.