Originally Posted by
hyperone
Uh, yeah. I'm more inclined to believe the conspiracy theory of, "we'll keep scheduling it that way hoping most guys won't know the contract well enough to complain about it".
All's it would take to fix the so-called computer "glitch" is a few lines of code. If it hasn't been fixed nearly 2 years after the latest contract went into effect, then they aren't interested in fixing it unless they are forced to.
Please let the Contract Enforcement office know about this.
I realize it's happened before and will happen again. I understand that recurrent and vacation happen in the same month all the time. I'm just putting the info out. FACT - Vonya was quick about getting back to me and was quite nice about it. I didn't get the line - "you don't understand the contract, we've been doing it like this for years, etc.." It will get changed when either the crew member calls their hand on it or the union does something about it. (obviously the crew member has to let the union know the situation.) I'll let contract enforcement know about it.