Originally Posted by
txbusdriver
This is complete utter nonsense. There is NO requirement to pick up open time. Not doing anything beyond your schedule is within reason. You sound like a management troll.
This is tricky as Delta found out above but the reality is if there is no collective action the courts have little recourse. The accusation can be made but I suspect in court it would be fairly easy to show the RSA's and VDA's are not the responsibility of the pilots. In the mean time the Delta pilots proved a point and it stands to reason the "wrist slap" was worth it.