Originally Posted by
demon llama
You're really wrapped around the axle on this. Scheduling calls in Inverse Assignment. Pilot calls scheduling and volunteers. That's how IA has been done for many years (apparently). ALPA doesn't object to this. DALPA has been crystal clear on what constitutes deal making, and you not getting an inverse assignment doesn't pre-suppose deal making.
Maybe this new contract will align the current practice with PWA language, but probably not. It seems to me that the company gets to decide how they are going to assign "Available qualified pilots, in position, in inverse seniority order."
It's not very clear to me exactly how scheduling addresses the leveling mechanism of IA, but DALPA has addressed it.
A#2 does not necessarily mean deal-making. No matter how many times you say it.
Its not PWA compliant. Nor is deal making. I guess my opinion doesn’t align with ALPAs. If you have #2 and the rest of the category 0, then you should not have the trip and it’s up to each individual what level of known illegal assignments you are willing to do. I won’t take #2. That’s not really an issue for me because there are pilots in my category that get multiple assignments so none of the rest get any. They don’t even bother calling anyone anymore. Just randomly check the trip coverage and there’s more than 1 all over the seniority spread. Those ARE the deal makers.