Originally Posted by
Skyvector
I hate to throw a log on this fire...but do any of you remember the reason why the pre-assigned RAP1 thing started in the first place?
Hints: the DFW Captain rep and encouraging reserve pilots NOT to confirm their assignments therefore defaulting to RAP2.
It was all fun and games for a while. The company scrambled to staff morning flights since everyone was on RAP2. Line holders like me got the deepest shaft since we would be pulled from our regular trips to cover these flights. Ric Wilson got POd and decided to push back even harder..hence what we have now.
You are leaving out important parts of the story. The above came about because of part 117 changes. Those changes were known about for 2 years. Also, we were all assuming we were about to be "comair part 2" as they swore to us we were about to be. And lastly: we were following the contract we signed. RW isn't.