Originally Posted by
RJSAviator76
I also fall in the undecided camp, though leaning yes. Here's why...
3) LCO.... I can see and appreciate the concerns that the company will learn to deal with this and quite possibly overhire so there are minimal to no reroutes, let alone going out of the original footprint. Though I personally want to make the most money I can when I'm at work and as someone who generally liked getting rerouted or even JA'd, I understand there are those who bid specific trips for specific reasons and any deviation from that trip is an affront to their seniority. Most of us would be ticked if we bid for and were awarded HNL, but ended up in LBB. I do think given the size of our operation and single type, stuff will still happen, so LCO concepts should be very lucrative even if premium is down.
From a DAL guy, we changed our reroute rules to be fairly punitive, and they stack. I talk to people all the time who's reroute pay (that's what we call it here) is more than the original value of the trip. For reserves, they kill it because it's on top of the guarantee.
Yet it still happens. Companies gonna company, and if you think they'll dial back their flexibility just because it costs them some coin, you'd be wrong.