Originally Posted by
cadetdrivr
I don't blame him and, no, he didn't f@#k anybody by simply following the FARs.
If UAL doesn't have staffing to cover extended duty periods, which are already plenty long, it sounds like a UA management problem and not a pilot problem. 117 is no longer a brand new reg.
Extensions are supposed to be the exception and NOT the norm which they have become. Otherwise we could just start with 16 hour days on the narrowbody for every duty period and call it good.
In fact, I'd be more concerned about a fatigued pilot going the extra mile rationalizing they are "helping." The data indicates that a disproportionate number of FSAPs, incidents, and accidents occur at the far end of the duty day, no?
But back to that pilot in question, it seems like he has a pretty crystal clear understanding of his relationship with UA.
+1
That said, I'm pretty sure that leverage doesn't increase when pilots waive the contract.
His stance was he would not extend by even a minute, not due to fatigue or safety, but to get back at the company, to get a free hotel, and extra pay for the next day, to his chagrin we took off two minutes before our cco time and he sat like a little b#$tch the whole way back to EWR. I’m not one who goes to 16 hrs in a blizzard to get a flight in, but if your #1 holding short and your CCO time is in one minute, going back to the gate to get vengeance on your furlough a decade ago is pretty lame. Glad the bulk of guys I fly with don’t have his attitude, I’ve worked at places like that, not fun. He was ****ed that I chipped in and helped make it work, legally within the contract I might add.....