Almost three years ago. Company had no dependability policy. They went around the pilot value committee we had at the time and stuck it in the FOM instead of negotiating with the committee. They sent it out as an email, then when they were surprised by the pushback about doing it that way, they said "someone accidentally hit send" but they still left it in place.

The actual policy is fine, and having one is fine, the rub was the company had set up this "direct relationship" but then went around it and tried to pretend like they didn't. Most JB pilots don't like when someone ****es on their foot and tells them it's raining. We're fine with the actual ****, just ask first.