Originally Posted by
dera
Status quo violations mean major disputes serious enough that the NMB would authorize a strike over it.
It is not my opinion. It is a fact.
There is also a Supreme Court case saying effectively that status quo does not apply to things that weren't there when the CBA was negotiated.
QT wasn't there when CBA was negotiated.
But this is just a BS line while you know, sucking up.
Here's one - how did the reserve pilots bid for reserve assignments/proffer for RAP before QT access was canceled and how do they do it now? Is HI31/AVRS menu tree explained or even mentioned anywhere in the training? I know my LCA showed me the basics of QT reserve functions and that was 2.5 yrs ago. Was QT an easier and less time consuming way to proffer? Sure was.
As you mentioned, p2p trading is nil or close to it. Did that leave a mark on pilots' QoL? I think it did, substantially so.
OT pickup, ATTOT, basic DECS entries - all of that saved time, and even if it was half hour a month (it was more), it's worth that subscription and then some.
I get the part where the union makes a point to distance itself from the issue to not be put in a position, where it has to spend negotiating capital on something that is 3rd party issues, but the impact on pilots' QOL is measurable and brushing it off as unimportant is wrong.
At the very least the company should make the sabre manuals accessible to those willing to read them. As it sits right now, it's a tribal knowledge transfer, where you seek out the elders for grains of sacred wisdoms of how to do this or look up that in DECS.
Anyway, it is a problem and it is not being solved.