Originally Posted by
sailingfun
What they don't like but is still legal is a pilot who puts in a full month GS and never answers the phone. On a busy day they might have to call that pilot a dozen times for each trip that comes into open time. Drives them nuts because they know he is not going to answer but they still have to call both numbers and wait 10 minutes before moving on.
Too bad, so sad.
I specifically asked the then head of skeds, some 10 years ago, while in charm school, why all ws/gs/ia can't be a proffer... you are always going to get someone to take the trip for double pay... even on Xmas.
Then everyone would pick up the phone on the first ring... one call, then move on... everyone wins.
His response was: "you pilots want everything your way". This was in front of the entire charm school class.
I tried to explain that a ws/gs/ia is not reserve and the "everyone wins" part (including his schedulers). Also, if the company treated us like adults, we would act like adults, (instead of hiding like 10yo school boys), but he wanted no part of that.
Further, there is no way to put in a specific slip to cover all the changing contingencies that occur in one's life.
Therefore, I'll keep my blanket slips in for the month, thank you very much.