Originally Posted by
O2pilot
How is trip trading or aggressive pick up any different? If it did not help the company, they wouldn’t let you do it. If you wanted a weekend trip dropped to pick up a weekday trip, the company would just block you, unless it helped them. Using your own words you are helping the company as well with their staffing problem.
If you had a terrible non-commutable 3 day that left on Tuesday, but then there was a 4 day PP that left on Monday that was much better you’re saying its ok to trade those trips (you are going to use QOL as your excuse), but if that 4 day becomes a PP trip, you can’t trade it? What about QOL? I guess you’d just call and ask them to remove the PP so you could trade.
The only solution is that all trip trading and pick up needs to end. Any trading HELPS the company, or they would not allow anyone to do it.
Nope, Im fortunate to live in base and can live on min reserve pay or a min line IAW the UPA. So when I am recalled I will fly my line or sit my days until all are offered recall. I do understand there are cases where people need to trade trips around. I think you darn well know the greedy personalities we are talking about though and not those looking for QoL adjustments for family events and commutes etc...
People will do what they gotta do. I’ll leave it at that and let you continue to advocate your position. Which I don’t think your wrong, its just different than mine. Each of us get to have a belief and hold a position and each of us gets to decide how they think best to support the pilot group.