Originally Posted by
tsquare
At DAL, the company will junior man the trips for premium pay. The trips WILL get covered. So you are asking a senior pilot to forego his contractual rights to premium pay and watch that same premium pay go to a junior pilot. IF you are going to go down this road, the contract needs to be modified to say that any flying with pilots on furlough is done at straight pay. Other than that, you cannot tell a senior guy to not exercise his contractual right. If there is no premium pay, there might be a point to do this.. otherwise... uh.. no.
Also note, I am very junior in my category, so I would be the beneficiary of premium pay while being junior manned...
Fire away.
You guys don't have something in your contract that says you have to be "available" to be junior manned? For example who watches the kids if you're gone.
The only way someone might be forced into a junior manning situation would be at the end of a trip. Other than that instance it is a voluntary junior manning. You don't have to answer the phone or return phone calls on your day off.