Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
How is the company currently conducting probation checks?
Are they scheduling a turn with an LCA in the left seat, and the probie in the right? If so, adding an FO to the jumpseat is a net gain.
However, if they're currently putting an LCA in the jumpseat, this is a loss.
Either way, it's a(nother) status quo violation. When are we going to see some backbone from "our" "union?"
The company has the right to run the operation, including making changes to procedures, without every conceivable checklist change being labeled a status quo violation. Don't become the Boy who Cried Wolf. I suspect this is just Flight Standards changing procedures for reasons deemed important to them and ultimately for the betterment of the airline.
I don't think saving some bucks at the expense of the unionized pilots as part of an anti labor mindset was an issue.