Originally Posted by Wheelswatch

At Mesa got nabbed by gate agents, dispatch releases held, hotel keys held, smug ass flight attendant supervisor entering the cockpit before the first passenger was off. All of the above to force a call to get your brand new 2 extra days of flying. Whenever staffing was on the low side I felt stress when I blocked in.

Calling fatigued every time this happens is not a viable long term solution IMO. Because it forces you to use a bonafide right for other than it's honest purpose which waters down its power over time.

Originally Posted by Brickhouse

I went.
“We’re all grownups. All capable of looking at the board to see if your flight’s on time.”

But, if we see the delay on our own, with no call from scheduling, we still have to report at the original report time or risk insubordination.

Only your duty time limits how long you can wait around for the company to decide if they want to use you. It could be 12 hours. You get two hours pay. If you don’t want to wait around all day - “call out fatigued.” A line they claimed came from Bendo.

They also don’t think the company wants to use this ability. They really don’t think they will use it. It just creates to much trickle down.

This was a common answer to a lot of concerns brought up - “They probably won’t do that very much.”

This doesn’t give me much confidence in the less than stellar language throughout section 25. They made a big point of talking about “intent” and how they had agreed to specific intent throughout the TA. but these are the same people who didn’t even ask for stock options in 2010 because the company said they had no intent to IPO.

Just remember it’s not a 5 or an 8 year deal. It’s however long you’ve got left in this career. Once you give something away it doesn’t come back.