Originally Posted by
FloridaLarry
Sooner or later, management has to limit this. It has the potential to:
A. Black-list certain captains and FOs
B. Create dissention in the cockpit when it becomes known (and it will)
D. Make Scheduling tear out their hair
E. Allow 'crew feelings' to run the airline
The concept of not pairing people who can't get along may improve CRM in the short term, but it undermines the professionalism of the pilots in both seats.
What were they(mgmt) thinking? Where's the union in this?
You're wrong. Many airlines have this. Normally it serves to prevent rare combinations where the personalities involved just don't mix well...like a marine major who bid avoids a hippy wannabe who rants about politics.
Occasionally it serves to help management identify CAs who need some help...If several hundred FOs bid avoid someone, and tell their buddies to bid avoid her then maybe there really is an issue.
But FOs have an incentive to use the tool sparingly...otherwise their QOL sucks because they can't get the pairings they want.