Originally Posted by
Instructordude
I actually like the sick call procedures, keeps people honest, and dont mind the LCA. Why should anybody be payed to sit at home. Pretty sure nobody gets paid to sit on their a$$ at HQ's.
So guys that historically use Reserve to temper horrible schedules at an understaffed airline to be with their families are now out of luck? What about those times scheduling pounded you with the suckiest schedule imaginable but you didn't get anything extra for it.
Giving away work rules that allow some flexibility in a job where you are gone half your working life is not an intelligent decision. Btw, things change. Your current situation may not reflect your future situation. Think ahead. Money comes and goes. Work rules, once taken, never return.