Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
Orvil, you make good points.
I think this will return and when it does the NC will need to shut it down. But from what I can tell and what people are saying about the new NC, they won't.
So, this sucks. It'll probably be back.
My solution is you don't screw over every FO bidding in that category and you don't screw the guy over who was originally awarded or would have been awarded the trip. And when I look at it that way, I don't see a solution.
I don't have a solution, it's well above my pay grade. I'm throwing this out there for discussion.
Option 1: If you are removed for a LCA, you stay home and get paid. You don't get to WS, GS or GSWC. You simply stay home. (This won't address the Company's need. From management's view, we are being paid to sit at home. Therefore, they will keep pressing.)
Option 2: If you are removed for a LCA, you stay home and get paid with the voluntary option of WS, GS, or GSWC with some kind of restriction in the order of coverage. (This would partially address management's productivity issue without damaging every FO's seniority. It has the added benefit of everyone being a little dissatisfied. That means it might work.)
Option 3: All LCA trips are removed from the FO bid package. (This is a compromise of principal. It's like hitting a flea with a sledgehammer. Management gets everything they dreamed. Fail for pilots.)
But the point is there are always additional solutions to problems. That's what good negotiators do. They find additional solutions that address needs without compromise of principles. With Option 2, we acknowledge the Company has a self-induced manning problem. We assist them to deal with their performance failure without punishing ourselves in the process.