Originally Posted by
CBreezy
You said they were trained to violate the contract. I'm saying they aren't trained. Supervisors have 6 months in scheduling and they are thrown into the fire and told to figure it out. I certainly don't condone them violating the contract and there are certainly some characters that are blatantly violating it. But I also feel bad for many of them. They are getting yelled at and berated by grown adults making 10x what they make and are just trying to make ends meet. The blame is on middle and upper management. Shameful
You are more empathetic than I am. Going on 3 decades and 3 airlines and there has never been a "good" schedulers but what we have now is blatant disregard for the PWA and commensurate pay. That is by design and yes, there is training just not adequate training and definitely a refusal to change the training to be compliant. However, I think the intent is to 1) cause issues that result in settlements in their favor and 2) cause pain points for the association going into section 6 and 3) try anything and everything that may reduce wage expenses. After increasing the coverage window by 100% and the creation of other tools SS, VAS, premium SC etc. they have managed to make it worse, that's NOT coincidental. They refuse to implement these and train schedulers on the use. Pay and training for the scheduler position is what it is. Taking that job is not a career goal but a way into a good company. Only big D can change that and doesn't which reveals the corporate posture on getting it right. This is the (good faith acting?) counterparty we are dealing with.