Originally Posted by
Cujo665
Apples & oranges. He is not a management pilot. You think a management pilot bids a line and flys 75 hours a month, having multiple FDP's?
I was just listing examples to counter those on this thread that think ALPA pilots can't do anything in addition to line flying.
Originally Posted by
Cujo665
If the company takes him off on S/A to do a specific flight that's pretty much management rights. So is the rest of what he's doing. They can remove and pay protect a guy, then stick SM in on a flight under S/A pretty much at will... (assuming the rules haven't changed much since I left)
That was my point. Management can pick pilots to do other tasks outside of line flying. And management does not need to make those opportunities available to all. They can be as selective as they want.