yeah, that's what I thought... the vice ops guy just told us that that's how other airlines do it. (BS, and irrelevant at the same time)

so then I contact my union.. they basically said it wasn't a priority in the negotiations.

so yeah there goes that.

the more absurd thing is just how many guys I overheard in the crewroom who are actually OK with this rule because "that's how Air Tran does it" or "TSA does it."