Originally Posted by
FDXLAG
..."I then discovered that scheduling had failed to ticket me after the VTO release. Hence, a last minute emergency booking on a busy travel day and a revised pairing that transited ORD."
Ok sounds like a mistake to me but I'll take your word for it.
Huh...Wow...That's odd. I wonder why they failed to ticket him? You don't suppose there were no 1st class seats available on the originally scheduled deadhead? Maybe it was a mistake. Guess we'll never know.
Originally Posted by
FDXLAG
"The Company shall ensure that Corporate Travel (or any subsequent Company designated travel administrator) attempts to first class seating at the earliest practical point in the planning process. If Corporate Travel is unable to book first class at the time the initial booking is made, Corporate Travel shall notify the pilot who is awarded that trip, via e-mail, of the unavailability of first class."
I am not sure how we eliminate American or United from our list of carriers just because they have cheap fares to Europe.
Really? I'm not advocating eliminating American or United from our list of carriers. I'm advocating the elimination of our company's practice of intentionally scheduling us on deadheads that aren't available or don't meet the intent of our agreement, when there are other flights that would meet the higher class parameters.