Originally Posted by
Schwanker
Being released for OE is a great benny in our contract. Management wanted to get rid of it and have those released available for recovery flying. ALPA caved on this and other big items (profit sharing) in TA 1 that got voted down.
Could it be management wants to water this benny down to frustrate us in an effort to get rid of it this time around?
This really isn't that new. I had to do this a few times back in 2015. I'd guess it has more to do with the fact that we don't require a backup flight anymore. I don't like it, but it kinda makes sense to me.