This. ^^^^^^
I thought that the alpa guys in private would have a lot more substantive arguments for the TA then some of the weaker arguments put forth here prior to the TA, but no.
You bid LCA you're simply abusing the system and it needs to be fixed.
You ever called in sick? Abuser.
You push back against productivity changes that reduce pilots? You're costing the fpl guys money. You're an abuser.
And that's just all from fb. The more I read from fb the more i do believe our guys wrote the language in the TA on sick leave and oe lca and the company just went with it.
I think I read one comment from one of the big alpa guys on chit chat that he wants pilots here to be the most productive they can so we can go beat united or something.
But flight pay loss? Well, that's my right! I don't want to fly the line, the line sucks...
I guess the lustful focus on payrates at the expense of work rules makes sense if you're paid the rates but never work under the rules.