Originally Posted by
Herkulesdrvr
Who's the self righteous person that decides what someone does on their own time? If you want to pick up then pick up. If you don't, then don't pickup. I see these ridiculous posts where people think they can control other people's lives. Get over yourself and quit worrying about what everyone else is doing.
Let's review the original question: debate at NJA about picking up flying during a time of furlough....... Want to get the opinions from the Major guys.... Is it a ok thing to do or not??
The answer is, by most, NO.
Just as it is within their rights to pick up open time while pilots are on involuntary furlough it is within everyone's rights to rightfully refer to them as *******s and there are numerous posts to explain why.
Nobody with any sense is going to go SEIU on someone for picking up open time, however, I'll gladly tell anyone that listens why I wouldn't do it and would be in favor of anything that can be contractually done to deter it. It is one of the reasons I like 2x pay for trips and some of the other work rules we have at DAL, it's an incentive to help out for sure (especially when their short staffed while hiring) but it's also an incentive to staff correctly.
Does that mean no open time pick up? No, that's too complicated of a blank statement to make. But if the min is 75 hours and someone is sitting at 100 hours of straight time at the end of the month, screw em'. I think that's what most people, who care about people, would say.