Originally Posted by
Lewbronski
Not to be too much a "Debby Downer," but JA is obviously not going away in the new contract based on yesterday's NC update, which mentioned "SWAPA’s asks" for "recovery days for JAed Pilots." The clear inference from that statement is that SWAPA isn't even demanding that JA be eliminated.
It's no surprise...over three years ago SWAPA published Flightplan 2020 and regarding JAs they wrote:
• JA is clearly defined as any flying on scheduled days off whether it’s a new pairing or a reassignment into an unscheduled overnight. Pilots JAed on days off would be protected from reassignments, entitled to a hotel, and provided QOL recovery day credit(s) to be “cashed in” using the ELITT system.
SWAPA never said they'd negotiate to get rid of JA and the time to complain about that has come and gone.