Originally Posted by
Lab Rat
I'm all for any option to make commutes easier for those who do it, but I don't believe in any way, shape, or form that it is the companies responsibility or obligation to do so. The company offers someone the job and the applicant either accepts it or denies it. They assign the domicile and it is the employee's responsibility to ensure that they arrive for duty at said time.
Most airlines dont assign you anything, you bid it. What if said airline closes bases on regular bases? What if said airline moves your aircraft out of said base? What if they get rid of that aircraft and you're forced to bid into something else at a different base? This isnt like normal jobs with an office building in a city that wont change. Our jobs are unlike any other job in this country. Closest thing to it would be the military and switching bases and the government pays for the moves. Do you think the airlines are going to pay to move pilots every time something changes? Its cheaper for the companies to just let people commute and attempt to make it as easy as possible to do so.