Originally Posted by
Hedley
Work on your reading comprehension. I’m saying that FSB is valuable to the company and they will want to keep it. Line holder protections are valuable to the majority of the pilots and they won’t vote to give those up to eliminate FSB for those on reserve. Keeping FSB with limitations to how it is used and add pay for when it is might be something that the company and the pilot group would agree to. It takes two sides in agreement to get a contract. Simply eliminating FSB without maintaining the ability to quickly cover staffing issues when they pop up isn’t something that the company will sign off on. I’ll ask you the same question that I asked the other guy. If FSB is eliminated, and if the current line holder protections are maintained, how would a flight be covered if a pilot timed out or got sick close to departure time?
You seem more concerned with what the company needs are than the pilots. How did united work before they had field standby? How does every other major airline operate without field standby? You my friend are a used car salesman wet dream.