Originally Posted by dera

When that LOA was signed, I don't think anyone thought it would ever come to this, with a few FOs playing the "sick leave" game, working their second job, and going directly to mainline.
Yeah, it's a crappy move from the company, they know they get this one for free because the arbitration takes longer than the flow lock. But I wouldn't say the FO's are squeaky clean with this either. Their plan backfired. I just can't see this as a huge plan by the company to restrict flow, as some here suggest.

This doesn't affect the protected pilots, no? The protected FOs can still flow?