Originally Posted by pinseeker

How is that a status quo violation. If you did not get approval for a mid-trip deviation, yet purchased a ticket different than the scheduled flight, you didn't have approval to purchase that ticket. The contract states that you must get approval for a mid-trip deviation. They are simply following the language of the contract. If you can prove that the only reason that this has changed is because we are in section six negotiations for the purpose of putting pressure on the pilots, then it would be a status quo violation. Just like not picking up trips or draft by itself isn't a status quo violation. Per the contract, it is an individual decision. If you chose not to fly any additional trips, that is your choice. If the company can prove there was a coordinated effort to influence pilots not to fly extra trips in order to put pressure on the company during negotiations, then it becomes a status quo violation.