Originally Posted by
5spot
BS, just bid the bunkie if you are senior enough to hold the flying position and hate to fly. This is complete crap and just another example of how out of touch our Union has become.
It’s not about hating to fly, it’s about bidding the best trip in your seniority. I’d much rather bid IRO on a 25 hr double augmented NRT 3 day than a 19 hr flying seat to LHR. The super productive trips go senior and most can’t hold a flying seat on those routes. A 9 day IRO line beats the hell out of a 12 day flying seat line any day. Under the TA if you opt out of the landings swap and have to go to landings class, you don’t get paid. This thing is garbage on every fleet, yet it will probably pass.