Originally Posted by
Gunter
Section 25-E
5. If there are pairings that remain disputed after meeting with the SCP or his designee, the following process shall apply to each bid pack which contains disputed pairings for the immediately upcoming bid period only:
a. If the number of remaining disputed pairings in a particular bid pack does not exceed 5% of the total number of pairings in that bid pack, the disputed pairings shall not be included on bid lines without SIG approval. Such pairings shall appear in open time and shall be available for ordinary open time assignment or for placement on a VTO or custom line if specifically requested by a pilot holding such line.
yes. that's what the contract says, but......
i have heard in the last few months that DPs have been put on VTO lines without being "specifically requested".......
not sure if that's true, just the rumor I heard.
And that after the fact, the VTO holder was given the option of 1) flying the trip at 150%, 2) dropping the trip and selecting Substitution - then the trip would be awarded back to them at 100% as a Sub trip, or 3) dropping the trip and refusing the trip in Substitution and being able to pick up another trip in OTP (110%) - but there weren't any trips to pick up, so you basically lose the pay for the trip that month and it sits in your OTP bank unuseable.
So, basically, by violating the contract, and then dangling the 150% carrot in front of the guy, the DP gets flown by a "volunteer" and undermines the process even more than if someone had picked it up out of straight open time (because the company violates the intent/letter of the contract by putting the DPs on a VTO line unrequested)
......of course......this all ass-u-me-s that these guys did NOT "specifically request" these pairings for their VTO requests.......
.......OR......as apparently is the case of Captain M.F., these guys all got Reserve lines on their VTO and the company already put them on these trips.......only M.F. has clarified so far....
we may never know, 'cause if they did ask for them, they probably won't fess up to it on this web board anyway.