Originally Posted by
BashiChuni
zero. there are about 20ish pilots senior to me (from looking at the arcos callout log) that are playing the game.
this is about principle. that #1 guy in my category who has had 7 23m7 trips this month is doing nothing wrong. its a contract loophole that is in delta's best interest to close.
they've already started covering open time trips earlier which in the long run is helping the pilot group. you guys brow beating the farmers isn't going to solve anything. this will be solved at the negotiating table...we have the leverage and some of you are tearing down your own union members.
I really wasn’t tearing down other members. I said, I don’t blame those joining in the free-for-all. I’m just saying that I see both sides of it. And that doesn’t make me a Kool-Aid drinker or a company man. I just know what it takes to run a company and so I see all sides. I agree with one of your points, though; if I was to join in the free-for-all, it really would be just to get the company to solve it. And no, I wouldn’t turn down the extra pay either. Like you said, maybe that’s what pushed them to start coverage earlier and also to rush the updates to Arcos.