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If you read the history on this this is 100% LUS USAPA's fault.
The company VOLUNTEERED to give us sequence protection like LAA but the company also wanted the next day bid sheet, like LAA. APA/East refused and as such we are stuck with what we have.
This blame for this lies SOLELY on APA/East shoulders here and their inability to move on from their LUS contract. Do not turn your anger toward the company!
I cannot believe our reps would think a two day bid sheet is better than line protection but it is what it is. My regional had waaaay better protections for pilots then even LAA does, it's insane how crappy our contract really is. Oh but "pay rates are higher than Delta". Barf.
I don't agree with you that this is solely on APA/East shoulders. Even if what you say is true, the company has a JCBA that covers us all. They decide when to make each section active. They could have implemented this and we'd have to live with the make up provisions. They didn't, right?
Maybe they made the right short term decision. Without the make up provision, most would have taken the money and gone home. Now they are scrabbling to make up lost time. Long term I think it was short sighted. Haven't the pay protected in the past when they didn't have too, under extraordinary situations?