Originally Posted by fecav8r
This whole "no extra flying' thing is a slippery slope. Not only are there the issues you have already brought up about the legalities of it, but there are just so many unknowns that it makes a very inequitable system. if you decide you are not going to do anything but 100%, I respect your decision. Why then is it that if I decide to pick up a trip out of open time for something extra, like tuition for a college bound child, I get beat up in all the blogs and am treated like a leper.
What about the Senior capt that sells back his vacation and then flies his line. Isn't that doing extra? He's got 11 days of pay in his pocket and now can boe uot his chest and say "I'm supporting my Union, I'm not taking any draft, volunteer, or make up. Yeah it happened!
They have LCA's in Subic picking up all the extra flying that should be going to the Subic pilots. Do you see any affect of them not flying extra, except for their bank accounts getting smaller. And no, they will not get a pay raise to cover what they have lost in the last 3 or 4 months.
I just don't see how this is going to get me a new contract. Are they losing enough trips out there to make a difference. Evidently not.
When they start sending Memphis guys to Subic they are feeling it. They can't do that forever. You are right Subic isn't that big. But, if Memphis would do the same for a month/week we'd have a deal. I don't think they have enough Mgmt and instructors to cover the Memphis base. Even if they did then training would not be able to handle the students. My point is that you shouldn't justify flying extra because you see a few guys doing it. They are wrong and hurting the collective group. Why should we have to suffer because some guy can't make it on 9 or 10K per month. I'm sure they have reasons, but then so do the nonmembers ($$$$$)