here's my thoughts on reroutes:

I'm pretty practical when it comes to bidding. I have a feeling most of us are. I bid for QOL layovers. I know where I like to layover, and I bid accordingly for it.

So you can imagine my frustration when I go from a nice 18 hour layover in a city I desire, like LAS, to a min-rest layover in MCI or SNA. And I can't refuse it unless I'm sick or fatigued. And sure, we get the RR pay on our timecards, but are we literally just being bought to staff the airline? I think the answer is absolutely we are.

My solution is simple - if you get rerouted, everything you do while rerouted goes above guarantee at 2x (or greater) pay until you're back on your original rotation or you're done. We must punish the company for understaffing. It's that simple.

Let's see if DALPA is willing to lob these grenades at the company. I am not optimistic.