Originally Posted by
golfandfly
On a different front, the company decided this month to chop up the reserve lines into small blocks. I guess they don't like to pay 1 in 7. This also makes if very difficult for commuters. They have had several longer trips come up into open time late at night that they have needed to split up to get a reserve to fly it. This adds deadheads to at least two pairings which cost money. Again, it seems like they are spending dollars to save nickels....
I'm OK with the small blocks of R days (in fact, I sometimes bid them) but my reserve line is worse than that this month ...
- One block ended on July 3rd so I couldn't j/s home that evening (no flights 7/4)
- Next block ends on a Saturday night so I can't j/s home that evening (no Sunday am flight anymore).
I have put in dozens of R day drop/move requests this months trying to fix my commuting problem. ALL denied for insufficient reserves (so much for overmanning?).
So ... not only am I getting 4.a.2.b'd but I'm having to spend extra days in MEM because of commuting problems.
It must be part of the new management philosophy,
"We're not happy until you're not happy."
