Originally Posted by
McBoeingBus
Don't forget about the senior F/O or CA that cherry picks the one way trip and "offers" the fly-no-pay for commuter. It's the craziest thing I've ever heard of.
Don't think it happens that often although I've done a few FNPs for a guy who later told me those were OT pickup. I was ok with it since contractually it's his right to pick up open time and I had to get there anyways. Besides, there's no guarantee someone will volunteer to fly his OT pickups..
We have many captains who're buddies with managers and pick up OT trips knowing they'll be displaced off of them. Wonder if the new contract will change that?
Back to the topic though - the quality of life for '04-'06 new hires was vastly different for the '07 new hires. Hopefully the current cadre of new hires will only experience positive development in their careers.