Originally Posted by
Birdsmash
Exactly! My point to the poster asking whether he could get hired without the C-19 vaccine was that if the company acquiesces to those that wish to avoid it, there will be other pilots involuntarily extended to cover open trips. Is that fair?
Well, until there's more transparency in the Scheduling dept the whole question of fairness is probably a waste of time. There will be nothing fair from that dept as long as it continues to be run the way it is.
Originally Posted by
Nate2046
Correct, it is however equivalent to being forced to pick up open time on my days off, which is the comparison being made. The statement ‘nobody is forced to pick up open time’ is completely false. Reserve crews lose X days to cover open flying.
I don't agree with this on two levels:
1) An extension properly assigned is meant to "protect the trip pairing" (CBA 25 O) that you've been assigned. It's not supposed to be used to assign random flying that pops up (ad hoc charter, e.g.). And we should fight that every time it happens
2) Same with Reserve. A properly practiced Reserve program would be there to cover things like sick calls and other operational complications (transportation break down). Again, random flying that just spontaneously appears, like an ad hoc charter, could be thrown into Open Time.
However, ref: my comments above about the Scheduling dept being deliberately run in a dishonest manner and without sufficient transparency for the union to oversee.
In conclusion, it's true, no one is forced to pick up open time on their days off.