Originally Posted by
TED74
Agreed. If you're going to degrade the "promised" life time benefit offered to previous employees, it better be for a good reason (get 9E pilot to work to protect mainline schedule) and not a bad one (IT can't or won't program 9E dependent going on vacation differently).
It would have to be on the honor system for 9E crew members to select they are working. That would subject 9E crew members to discipline if they selected the wrong choice, which I'm sure ALPA would not allow.