Originally Posted by
Profane Kahuna
When I pushed for paid hotels for displaced pilots your counter was that they already receive it for 3 months.
My opinion is that it should be paid hotels period. I don’t think displaced pilots would appreciate having their concerns dismissed just because they get hotels for 3 months. It should be for the duration of the displacement. If the company wants something they should pay for it, not just disrupt a pilot’s life for free after the 3 months are up.
This all goes back to the concept that displacing pilots should be voluntary first (TDY with paid DHs, stipends, etc) then expensive if there are not enough volunteers (paid hotels, stipends, etc). This would reduce the number of displacements and shorten any that still happen.
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Totally agree with you on this. They are doing it on their current route because it is basically free for them past the three-month mark, and let's be honest, three months of hotels is nothing for them. If we made it painful for them or cheaper to leave pilots in place, they would find another way. I fear that this entire cycle repeats next year as they start moving people around again for seasonal flying. Hopefully, hiring picks up "enough" to mitigate it.