Originally Posted by
DryClutch
That's if CS'ing feel's like following the rules. Or if the average line CS'er is even aware of some of these basic rules. I got hosed on this a few month's back (an illegal 5-day off of SC, ouch), CS supervisor was def not into having a discussion about it with me when I called them out on it. "It's ok, we'll hold the plane for you, i'll mark you notified, there's an agreement with ALPA on this", she says, after I quoted her the chapter and verse of the PWA. Ugh. Oh well, pay inquiry denied, STS'd it, got around 7'ish hours of retro out of the deal after I flew it. The day we retire is when we won't have to battle these tit for tat's.
Right, that's the other potential "benefit" of doing it. If you hadn't invoked the 2 hours, you wouldn't have been due that 7ish hours of assignment pay. They would have just straight up (legally) given you the trip as normal with nothing extra.
You got hosed I agree, and they didn't follow the rules. But making that 2-hour call at least got you compensated for it where you wouldn't have been otherwise.