Originally Posted by Whiskey4

No one other than the AAG board and management can prove if pay rates were approved. Until proof exists you’re just looking for an excuse to get angry.

The displacement to Captain issue came with the contract. Don’t like your contract? Well, perhaps there is some entity that negotiated on your behalf that needs to be made aware of your displeasure.

The company is not metering “illegally”. The union never bothered to define the term “operational necessity”. Want to be ****ed? Be ****ed at the union legal folks who time and time again provide us with such useless language or with undefined terminology. Most contracts I’ve ever negotiated spent a massive amount of effort in section one: Definitions.

Do you think the sharpest legal minds coming out of law school, or the legal experts who have spent years building solid reputations get jobs at ALPA?? Answer...no. You get what you pay for.

Operational necessity at this point is likely being defined by promises made to AAG regarding the amount of hulls we can operate. Based on the FO vs. Captain imbalance we likely have going on right now (as evidenced by the new bonuses) it is an operational necessity to conserve captains in order to fulfill the fleet plan promised to AAG. Therefore, nothing “illegal” going on.

And, don’t get me wrong, the metering is damaging my personal career earnings. It is literally taking money off the table for my family, kids college, retirement, etc. Frustrrated? Sure. However, being ****ed based on a false premise doesn’t do any good. Try convincing our MEC to fire our pathetic lawyers and get someone who can actually play the game.