Originally Posted by
ag386
It's obvious that you haven't been around that long. AAG will never, and I do mean never, go above and beyond on anything that they don't have to if it costs them money or isn't in their interest. They've violated Envoy's contract year after year. Take for example the reserve turn back +1 and then you are done. Somehow or another within a year of signing that deal, reserves would come out on day 1 and be turned back through day 6, never seeing their own bed for 5 straight nights. Clear violation that Envoy obviously had no intention of ever living up to.
I know it's hard to let go of the con job that the recruiters put on you and then the kool aid they pump in you during indoc and initial, but it's reality. You can see that AA has flat out stopped the flow for most of the last half of this year already. 88 new hires scheduled for November and only 25 flows.
IMO that should have never been grieved. The company's interpretation is fair. Turn a reserve pilot back a second time or JM a pilot into a day off. I don't see why this is a big deal. Seems pretty straight forward.
Now if you want to talk about inadequate staffing levels then you have something.
Yep they stopped flow and new hires. They are sticking it to EVERYONE. All airlines that had pilots selected to go to AA during most of the last half of this year got screwed by AA. I hate it when AA sticks it to everyone like that.