What's the worst thing for a commuter besides the accepted fare vs actual fare fiasco?? That's right, its substitution!!! Here's my story...
In June they cancelled my MEM to FRA and DH home trip that was part of my line and put me in sub. I was assigned 2 EWR AM hubturns in its place. As I had been awake since early that day with the intent of an early afternoon departure to FRA, I declined sub and the time went in my OTP bank.
In July I used the PMU time to pick up a nice trip, DH MEM-CDG, fly CDG-EWR, DH MEM. Great trip that I could have only gotten with PMU time. So...here is the kicker, as I am getting ready to go to the airport in my hometown to DH CDG, they call and change the schedule, but the front end DH is stil the same, so I head to the airport to catch my flight. About the time I finish canceling and rebooking my back end DH with global travel, they call me again and cancel the trip altogether.
So now I am informed that this very instant that my trip was cancelled, my IAP (Initial Availability Period) has started in MEM! I have already done my initial deviation checkin, I am here getting ready to fly to CDG from my hometown, and now this very instant I am expected to be on call in MEM. Oh yeah, and the last flight to MEM has just left. W T F?
So of course the next call is them assigning me some piece of crap all night flight to LAX, EWR, something like that. So, two things are pretty crappy here.
1. I performed initial deviation check in for my original trip, booked my flight with global travel, all the right stuff. The second they cancel the trip, I am supposed to warp to MEM to start my on call period.
2. There is no daytime/ nighttime assignment for international, so I have been awake since 7AM with the intent of an early evening departure, and now I am supposed to fly all night. Totally unsafe.
After talking with the DO that night, the ACP and Contract Enforcement, the bottom line is tough sh*t. Only option at this point is to send a letter to negotiating committee detailing the event and making suggestions for the future contract. Yeah...I'll be the blue guy in the corner holding my breath.
Anyone had anything like this happen to them?
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