Originally Posted by
Fixnem2Flyinem
If you have zero protection then yes it’s terrible man. Just because everyone wants to take the last flight possible and if that doesn’t work they’ll just call in sick. Its not even my situation I’m trying to hammer into the discussion, it’s the lack of writing and knowing what constitutes a solid try from the company perspective. This can vary from base to base depending on whose your BCP, that isn’t solid protection... Do you partly agree with that??
I do, which is why I said I'd like to see something in writing. The problem is there are a huge group of pilots who live in places that would require coming in a day early if they need to have 2 flight options. I also understand their perspective as a commuter. My time at home is gold. Like I said before, what happened to you sucks, but it is also far from a normal scenario. You had 2 major things not working in your favor, MH being in the CS department as this went down, and your chief telling you to drive and you decided not to. At that point it became more than just missing a commute, it became not following the instructions of your chief. I completely understand your decisions, but the system we have works pretty damn well for the majority of our pilots.