Originally Posted by
oldmako
Let maint pilots do maint flights. That's their job, that's what they are trained to do. We are not. And I might add, we're barely even compensated for the training we currently do, so let's not add to that burden.
This is an idiotic thread. The fight is with management outsourcing revenue flying to other carriers, not with the test pilots.
Not going to waste any more time on this.
Not so fast, outsourcing flying is outsourcing flying, no matter who does it. The OP failed to provide details, so I'm not goiing to assume to know what he was talking about. However, if engineering pilots are performing repositioning flights to put a "clean" aircraft into position for a revenue flight then that is absolutely infriging on UA pilot's scope of work.
I agree that the fight is with management, and I admire the work the engineering pilots perform, but if we don't defend our contractual flying it will continue to be eroded.