Originally Posted by
SaltyDog
What this has done IMHPO is creating a motivation for airlines to not hire military pilots to maximum extent possible. The next lawsuits will be from military pilots unable to get jobs at airlines. Discrimination suits.
USERRA already states can use vacation to cover service (pay loss)
Get hired, take a 4 year AGR tour? No airline wants to pay the difference when you return for zero productivity.
Contract negotiations: Airlines will target all jury duty and modify sick payouts to shield themselves from having to pay military for absences. The rest of the non military pilots will now blame military pilots. Brilliant work, self inflicted short term gain. Long term pain everyone else. Bad enough military and non military relations. This will highlight for non military pilot perceptions that military pilots are selfish and "take advantage" of their military positions to get out of work they don't like. Brilliant.
It should not be that difficult for Congress to craft a new law or mend the old one to be fair to everyone. But out of 600 thousand reservists (airline workers and otherwise) there will be some that will abuse the easily abused existing law and their will be lawyers happy to facilitate that abuse. Congress needs to do their friggin’ job.