Originally Posted by MikeF16

A few days ago I was looking at the daily trip coverage and noticed an ATL 717b with a ludicrously low seniority number snagged a 5 day trip. No reason such as PS, PW, or G and it was a few days in the future which meant not a reserve. It caught my attention and when I looked more closely, I noticed it was the APD who had given me my type rating check ride in 2014. Hmm, another captain flying right seat on the 717, awesome. 5 day boondoggle: DH to LAX, 1 leg to BFI, sit for 70 hours, fly back to LAX, DH back to ATL. 5 days, 5:10 block, 9:20 DH, 29:14 pay. Not a line check, not an FCF, just a good deal. Left seat is a LCP, right seat is the guy who is about to lead the CS100 effort, listed as "ADM" where you'd normally see RES/REG/LCA. While ATL 717 pilots fly garbage 4 day shlt with 3-5 legs a day and 10-11 hour layovers, management just steals a 5 day with no block and a 70 hour layover. I guess they're just special and better than the rest of us.

So I called ALPA to inquire and today I got a response. Complete BS (as I suspected) on the part of the company. Company pulled the trip, paid the 2 guys who should have gotten the trip, then bought it back for the original 2 pilots (see ATL 717B daily trip coverage for 13 July, rotation 0454). I'm glad my call got those guys paid but I wonder how often the company pulls this crap and gets away with it. Makes me angry as hell. I wonder how they explain this in "Rules of the Road". The company absolutely thinks we are stupid and that they can do as they wish without consequence. Feels a lot like my old job.