Originally Posted by ancman

I don’t see how we spent any “good will” on them. The company and ALPA followed a prescribed process in the contract, and the company lost (other than taking some pay).

SCs below max never should have been an assumption in the first place. Frankly, either side is foolish not to extract maximum permissible value from the contract.

We all acknowledge that there are bad apples out there. The company must still follow a contractual process to take action against them. Some of the things that others have suggested, like putting the burden of proof on pilots to prove that they were in position for SC (retroactively), are totally outside the bounds of the contract.

Having our contractual due process in place is important because management does occasionally attempt to take action against pilots who are 100% in the right. They would do so more often if due process were removed.