Originally Posted by
Probe
Howie needs to have someone shed some light on him.
Bumping 777 West Coast, 787 IAH? This should be fun to watch. Even more pilots getting paid to do nothing, and others getting 150 hours a month.
I think Manpower finally got a clue, that they haven't got a clue. Even they can't figure out what to do now. Vacancy? Displacement?
Homina, Homina, Homina, Homina, Homina, Homina...................
My understanding is all this seeming confusion is interrelated with the F/A's contract that was predicted to be finished by now.
Apparently, now that their negotiations are going to mediation, the timeline for contract/ISL completion is far enough out in the future that they are going ahead with the original (i.e optimized) fleet plan. Unfortunately, this new plan is going to be more of a hardship on the FA's vice the temporary (i.e non optimized) fleet plan. Mgmt was willing to temporarily live with it until the F/A ISL, that's now not going to happen anytime soon.
I hope what I was told the (shameful) reason for the breakdown isn't true.