Originally Posted by
Hedley
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.
Thats great that you can use your seniority to be a bunkie but if I want to bid to fly and I choose not to opt in, then I am risking the possibility of going NQ for 60 days with no pay. Of course that could NEVER happen right? Sickness, family emergency etc would never cause me to miss a trip and go NQ. My point is this is a complete BS inclusion in this TA.