Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Since the company often keeps above the contractual staffing in most categories I don't see how you could effectively enforce a penalty of carrying additional pilots. In the end however a arbitrator will have to decide both the value of the contractual shortfall and the remedy. We are talking about less then Two flights per day to Europe so it's not going to be a huge settlement.
When we stopped flying to Cairo and Amman in NYC a few years back, those two daily flights x 2 FO's per flight changed the bidding dynamic as if I had slid back 40 numbers in category over night.
120 segments less per month...and I figure the top 40 FO's flew 3 of those per month. It made a huge difference for the A's and B's in that category. But I also get that system wide, it's not too big of a deal but we need to enforce the contract. From Junior wide body Captain on down, it has had an effect.