Originally Posted by memhubturn

Exactly. Here is one for you. I had a back end DH and wanted to deviate. I was able to find a First Class ticket through Global Travel for significantly less than the scheduled coach ticket. Global Travel told me they couldn't book it because the pairing did not qualify for a First Class ticket. Ok...I get that the pairing did not qualify. But once you deviate, in my opinion, who cares? If I can travel for less than the established fare (regardless of the class), I save the company money. And if I travel for more, they take it out of my pay. Should be no big deal. The rules regarding class of service are there to determine how much the accepted fare will be. In my case, I could have saved the company about $200 and enjoyed a better ride...a win, win. As it turned out, I stayed as scheduled and the company paid more so I could fly in coach. Kind of the same thing as your $8 shipping cost. If you chose to spend a portion of your uniform allowance on uniform shipping from an approved vender, who cares.

Small little things and many of them don't cost the company a dime...many actually save the company money and would go a long way toward morale.

Back to POP, yep it is an expense but I could have bid to any other WB here and would have been receiving it for some time. And, there was a way to totally avoid it...don't put new hires into the 76. They are doing 75 training anyway.