The contract means nothing in regards to trip coverage. I’m not the problem. I am one of thousands of pilots who took about a $10,000 per month paycut so junior pilots can enjoy IA’s while screaming they are entitled to them since they are junior. I know the history of the PWA and jumping trip coverage steps under 23.M.7 was never meant to be a primary way of covering trips. I believe ALPA dropped the ball big time on this. They negotiated batch sizes away to try and stop it. Never saw what was coming.

I don’t appreciate you inferring I am engaging in scab like behavior given the fact that I have never made any deals. It 100 percent is happening and I’m beginning to think that over 90 percent of the IA’s in my caregory are side deals. I think there’s so many pilots involved that it’s unfixable.

I also believe with this first come, first serve approach, pilots aren’t willing to take a $10k per month hit if they can help it.

May you be junior for decades…,,[mod edit].