Originally Posted by
shiznit
Remember though, not all open time pickup is to pad one's paycheck while others are on furlough.. Some guys dropped a trip and need to get back to a "normal" line value for a month, somebody might have taken FMLA for some reason and are short on pay, etc. Don't go throwing the baby out with the bath water if you know of a perpetrator.
This is a good point to make, for the reasons you listed. Along the lines of the points I omitted from your post, the company will start to offer premium rates for open time if nobody picks it up.
When the above situation has existed at my company, I've known guys that traded/dropped/advertised their line down to the lowest possible amount. Say he went from 80 hours to just one 20 hour trip. Now he knows the company is going to offer premium pick up rate due to over furlough and an increase summer schedule. So the guys picks up that exact SAME 60 hours. Only thing is, he's getting paid 90 hours to do, for a total monthly credit of 110 hours.
Sheer genius. Granted, takes a little bit of a gambling spirit.
Did he "help" the company out? Debatable, but I go with no, he just cost the company money. Did he screw over a furloughed guy? NO, for the reasons you listed.
Sadly though, at my company, the MEC was able to see the info, and it was simply cheaper to JM/reassign pilots than it was to call back furloughs and reupgrade CA's
Originally Posted by
skippy
Its complete bs and selfish.
Ive never nor will i ever pick up open time when there are pilots on furlough at my company
Same here.