According to the contract, in order to fly revenue flights, you have to be on the seniority list.
If you are on the seniority list, you are required to pay union dues/maintenance fees. I asked the union if he was going to pay 1.9% of his salary to the union, and the answer I got was "I sure hope he does." I asked why he wouldn't if all pilots on the seniority list were required to and the answer I got was they weren't sure if they could require him to because he was hired as a manager first.
As Tony stated before, if the company decided to furlough this summer, do you think that TL would be on the furlough list? Do you think he would fly while pilots senior to him were on furlough?
We had a USAir pilot as a manager with a last name starting with G. The company wanted him to be able to fly revenue flights, but the union somehow blocked it. I guess Mr. G should have sprung for pizzas.
