Originally Posted by
slowplay
And here this whole time you guys have been telling me that NWA management was mean, vindictive, spiteful...yada, yada, yada.
You mean they're the
ONLY management that wasn't smart enough to lawyer up (like UAUA, AMR and even DAL) and take you to court? ......
Slow,
This is the only response I could find from you to Carl and I couln't find the "grass skirt" comment, even though I remember seeing it. (man this thread goes by fast!)
I will just say that I had a different take on it than Carl. But, I only had "line pilot information." A am not an insider. When we got call in honest, I didn't think it was because we had a large amount of sick calls. I thought it was because of a combination of things:
1. NWA's crappy commuter policy. (Let us know if you can't make the flight and we will let you know if we need you.)
2. NWA's skeleton staffing.
3. One individuals ability to cancell a flight because of #2 and some extent #1.
The rumor I heard is that we had an international 747-400 flight cancel because a pilot called in sick because he couldn't make it to work because of commuting issues and didn't want to lose the value of a 12 day trip (His whole months pay.)
When you consider: 1.) that the -400 really didn't have any open time for him to make up the lost trip 2.) the company had no obligation to get him to work after he called for help 3.) and if he did call for help to get to work, he had no way of knowing if they would positive space him or find someone else to cover the flight, you might see the bind the guy was in.
Like I said, that's the rumor I heard. So, there was no need IMO for NWA to lawyer up. Mainly, because of point #3. How are you going to sue an individual for calling in sick, when you have to prove that he wasn't sick mentally, physically, emotionally? Plus, most pilots don't have the money to cover the cost of a lost -400 flight to NRT.
IMO, they didn't give us call in honest because they were being nice. They probably calculated the cost of increasing staffing vesus the cost of giving a few guys positive space to work every now and then and came up with option two as being the cheaper of two evils (spending money). Believe me, they were and are smart. Probably the smartest in the business.
I agree with you and don't think we should challenge anyones manhood or fashion sense to make our points, because it creates disunity. Which, potentially, in in the next few years, is the last thing we need.
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