Originally Posted by
HIFLYR
Contract enforcement stated to me for no harm no foul to be in place you have to be first staging not business listed. To be staging you have to declare place of residence. No protection in any form staging or not into a rsv period, i.e. has to into a trip.
That's precisely what the CBA language says.
As we all know, previous Chief Pilots have chosen to interpret the language more liberally, in effect choosing to provide to pilots using Business status the same protection from discipline provided by the CBA to pilots using Staging status. I have never heard an explanation of why this interpretation was used. It might have been generosity, or it might have been a lack of understanding of the CBA. Regardless, we enjoyed a bit of a break for the tenure of that particular Chief Pilot.
As we also know, the whims of previous Chief Pilots are not binding on a current Chief Pilot, and any Chief Pilot has the right to change his mind and resort to the precise language of the CBA at any time.
More uncertainty, more gambling.
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