Originally Posted by
ancman
That’s incorrect. They can (and will) continue to stop coverage mid-step, even after all elements of MOU 25-05 are fully implemented.
What they can’t do anymore is skip pilots within a step, which was taking place frequently before MOU 25-05 was signed. Scheduling would often skip directly to pilots who had manually accepted a WS/GS, knowing that they were more likely to acknowledge the trip than an auto-accept. In other cases, dealmakers would call CS directly and request a trip at the WS/GS step without waiting their turn.
The company can still stop coverage mid-step, pay the affected M7 pilot whose turn it was when they stopped coverage, and skip to a later step of coverage (such as QS).
It seems like there's a lot of pilots who've never actually read 23 M 7. Maybe, you have, and I'm misunderstanding what you're getting at, but for those that think skipping ahead in the process is a contract violation. Read it. It just says "deviate from the sequences." That's pretty broad language. Where there's contract violations is when the affected pilot hasn't been paid. If they just skip WS and award it via GS, that's just as valid as skipping to IA unless there's some additional language somewhere that I haven't seen.
A Crew Scheduler may deviate from the sequences under Section 23 N. or O. when, in
their judgment, it is necessary to do so in order to maintain schedule integrity. In such
event, the pilot who would otherwise have been awarded/assigned the rotation will
receive pay and credit (or if applicable, single pay, no credit) for the scheduled value of
the rotation.