Originally Posted by Dave Fitzgerald

Also, you can play the bump game. Bump into a category where everyone expects more bumps due too many pilots bumping into the fleet. Then get bumped again....and again....all the while, E.G. if you are a 757 pilot with no plane to fly, you get paid to stay at home. When the 727's were parked, we had pilots being bumped and training cancelled for over a year. Paid to stay at home....

Agreed, not very good for the company, but the contract is what it is.

Enforce your contract, insist on it!