Originally Posted by
Dave Fitzgerald
There is no requirement to sign in on a sheet. Anything other than reporting to the airport, is an interpretation. If a domicile has a sign in sheet, that is for their convenience only. If your phone works where ever you are on the airport, as far as I'm concerned, that's good enough.
The sign in sheet used by one domicile is just their unique attempt in re-defining the contract. If that particular domicile gets away with that without the union saying "NO", then that' s on our union.
It's two problems: One that domicile doing it's own thing, and two the union saying: NO, that's not in the contract.
Who monitors the "sign in sheet" what's it used for? What happens if you don't sign in? Does scheduling tell the sign in sheet monitor to expect pilot X at 0000Z time?
I see nothing in the contract that compensates a pilot for sitting field standby. He/she can come by and sit for 4 hours and be un-used and then go home eating the gas money and toll roads. Probably a 6 to 7 hour day when you add it all up, and that's all for free.