Originally Posted by
3inthegreen
As the battle for a new contract intensifies, it's time to come together in unity and hold the line. Since Spirit is growing at such a rapid rate, we naturally have a lot of new hires here. To make sure we aren't doing the company any favors whatsoever, I wanted to start a thread for the pilots to share personal experiences where scheduling or the company has tried to pull a fast one. My guess is that many new hires, especially guys on RSV, get taken advantage of on a daily basis. The hardest things about learning a new set of work rules is you simply don't know what you don't know. Let's help each other out with this because I am sure the pressure on us will only intensify as the staffing at this place goes to he!!.
Ill add this...
Our group of schedulers have always been very professional and polite towards me with any interaction I have had with them (the only exception being Mr G. from a few years ago). This isn't the same kind of scheduling experience you would see at a regional where the relationship is confrontational between pilots and schedulers.
I have never seen them try to trick me, and most accounts of "tricks" are because the pilot did not know their contract and agreed to something that they didn't have to. I shake my head when I hear these loud mouths on the crew shuttle with the "Yeah, I told those schedulers I aint doing anything for them..." or "I told them call me back when they can offer 5 times pay for that trip, and I hung up on them." When I decline a trip, they always reply with 'Thank you, Captain, have a nice day."
I think its great that this may allow new hires to pose questions regarding the contract/work rules, but the overall responsibility is on the pilot to know their contract; whats required, whats optional, and whats not allowed.