The union filed a grievance, went to arbitration, won, couldn’t come to a remedy resolution with the company, went back to the arbitrator for remedy, he ruled again, gave the company 6 more months to violate the commuter clause, gave zero award to the harmed pilots, and the union communicated that at several points along the way and just now you guys are getting out your pitch forks?


If you are a commuter and weren’t paying attention than shame on you. Despite the fact the union spun it as a win, it wasn’t. It was bad before when they basically suspended you for the original foot print of the dropped trip, and it’s possibly even worse now, where they force you to reserve without the choice of trying to find a trip to pick up in its place. But that’s not the fault of the union, as they say in sports, never leave it up to the ref. In this case the arbitrator screwed us, all the while awarding in favor of the association.