Originally Posted by
CAirBear
Jesus. That's awful. Why haven't you guys voted these people on the MEC out? What's their logic of not doing anything to make sure contracts are being enforced and bettering things? I don't get it.
It is the same at any regional, not just Envoy. All you can do is file a grievance and wait if management decides to violate the contract on something and your CP orders you to do it. RAH, Mesa, Endeavor, none of them are any different. Anything that may be considered a work action by the pilot group is against the law and has penalties, like fines, or even jail time.
You can thank the POS waaaaaay outdated 100 year old railway labor act that we live under for that.
Mostly small things people talk about I don't have problems with. Cite the contract section they are violating and refuse it if scheduling is trying to do something wrong. Get the supervisor on the line, (you can ask for them anytime you want). They can't force you to do anything, although they might try with people that are new or pushovers because it works most of the time. Only your supervisors (Chief Pilot) can make you do something. Get your rep on the phone asap if they continue to push.. and they will try to deal with it either with the scheduling supervisors or the CP. Usually this works before it escalates into something else. I have never had anything crew scheduling related come down to a CP ordering me to do it against the contract when I refused it. I hear it has happened rarely for certain situations, but it's definitely not a normal daily occurrence. If schedulers are legitimately being "nasty", which I haven't run into. (Some are just not very friendly, not helpful at all, and unpleasant people in general, but not nasty). But if they were, This would be so easy to deal with by anyone, even a new hire. Everything is recorded. Call your rep, get the tapes pulled, they can send over the mp3 to the CP office. Problem solved. I have had an issue with a guy one time in all my time here, and they pulled the tapes, we listened to it right there on the spot, and it was dealt with.
I'm not talking about the 4am RAP Grievance (those are major issues, I agree), I mean the daily stuff they try to pull over on people.