Ah yes, luv it.
Exactly what people are concerned with happening here with the reassignment language is happening elsewhere. NO WAY.
ALPA sees it as an issue yet our team is encouraging us to sign off on it as no big deal. “Your at work right, what’s the big deal?”
So American is increasingly using the loose reassignment language as a crutch and their pilots wants to change it, but we’re fine with it here.
Like I said, ALPA already knows this and our guys are encouraging us to go along with it.
“Union Determination
Leaders of the Air Line Pilots Association say they’re determined to change work rules in their contract that date back to Delta’s emergence from bankruptcy in 2007. They begin talks on a new labor agreement in April. APA, which represents aviators at American, also will seek contract changes when negotiations with American start in January.
“The whole reroute issue is supposed to be an exception in the contract” for times when operations are disrupted, said Chad Smith, a Delta captain and head of the union’s negotiating committee. “We want the contract to allow for that. But more and more, it’s being used as an everyday tool for the convenience of the company.”