Originally Posted by
Xray678
The pilots who got fired were not out of position one or two times.....or even ten times. One fired pilot was out of position over 80 times. That pilot was on the 747, so in other words he could have held a line on another airplane and not been commuting to reserve. No, he chose to abuse the system and sit at home getting paid, not even attempting to comply with the contractual requirements. In the meantime, when the company did need a short call pilot someone else had to go out and fly.
I don't feel sorry for anyone of the pilots who got fired.
Xray is spot on. These guys sat short call several states away from base and would just call in sick if they got called. They were gross abusers of the system and have put us all at risk of losing "promptly available" and screwing thier 14000 brothers and sisters.
I don't abuse but greatly appreciate the flexibility of our short call. Luckily by choice I can make it in an hour . I can get a call, be doing anything at my house , take a shower, get dressed and make it to work. If it went down to a solid hard time that would suck!