Originally Posted by
CBreezy
Disagree. It might have been slightly more disruptive but they had carte blanche to use 23m7 and they were using it liberally without any real consequences. Maybe 1/3 of the penalty was being recovered. And pilots who should have been getting double pay were often getting nothing because of all the people fishing for batch sizes and m7 pay. A not insignificant amount of people were being harmed. Getting rid of batch sizes stopped the absurd practice of calling to get IA that was going on.
They are still using it carte blanche via rerouting pilots for flying that is already in opentime. Just isn't as easy to see because there isn't a noticable A#1 for everyone to see on trip coverages. And guess what, they shockingly aren't updating their 23m7 list they agreed to update when they do it.
I would love to see how much money was paid out in 23Z pay. We literally gave away millions a year and are only slightly better off than we were before. All to get something that we already contractually were owed...