Originally Posted by fcoolaiddrinker

Your FOM’s have to get faa approval. The company can’t just start writing anything in them. There’s also several protections in the first few pages of your contract. Read those for a better understanding. If the faa comes up with a change to a far and there’s a conflict the more restrictive applies and a negotiation has to take place for example. Having said that at f9 we have an employee handbook and the company has tried and is currently trying to expand that as it applies to sick time. Even though one of the first paragraphs states any union contract is controlling. There’s a gray area. It’s seems these guys haven’t figured out there’s a pilot shortage yet.