Yeahhhhh.... that ain't happenin'. I'd barely believe an act of God would produce such a change with the ink drying on POS 2015 - by LOA is a pipe dream.

The company has ZERO incentive to suddenly decide to pay us for cancelled trips outside contract negotiations. Pointing at the scheduling models of passenger airlines and saying "well, they do it" isn't going to change that.

The company is very, very good at making significant changes to our contract that produce the results they desire. They pay very smart people to outthink us and it works. They're not going to LOA pay for cancelled trips just 'cuz we're a great bunch of guys. Talking with some very smart almost retirees on my last trip made me even more aware of this. The retirement bonus language is genius. The bonus is based on the lesser of:
$110,000
50% of earnings above $520,000 (last 24 months)
50% of closing DSA bank balance

With a few paragraphs, they completely removed any incentive for guys to empty their sick bank prior to retirement. In fact, if a retiring pilot wants the smallest number to be the $110,000 max amount, not only can they not call in sick very much (if at all - depending on pay rate), they need to work a pretty full schedule for the last two years before they retire so they make at least $740K over the last 24 months. Min sick and max productivity before they head off into the sunset.