Yes they can, if your forced to work on a GDO, because of say a 1 in 7 issue...your are JM'ed...even thought technically you can't be JM'ed on those days, there isn't much they can do. Except give you another day off later in the month, which they have to.

 

Yeah, because saving fuel right now is going to save my job?

 

Not at all, but it'll help save his and Soapers!

 

I'll tell you what, I might sit in front and work for free while the door is still open but I'll be damned if I sit up there in the heat and work for free with the APU off. Raise the ticket prices if fuel costs are too high. I have no sympathy for a company that won't raise ticket prices as they circle the drain.

 

A M E N ! !

 

Flight attendant on my last trip told me about a great option in LGA. Some think our new hotel doesn't have much around it food wise. But there is a homeless shelter just around the corner that serves food. And you don't even have to leave a tip!

 

F'n Soaper Memo:

For Comair pilots facing certain furlough, we want you to know we have your best interests at heart. To show this, we have arranged for McDonalds to have a hiring office outside the CVG Terminal 1 employee turnstyles.

Comair pilots will be given preferential hiring. Pee tests are free.

That unpaid hour you spent watching the security video will not go to waste. Besides, who wants non-rev bennies on overbooked flights when you can get 50% meal discounts and FREE UNIFORMS!

This is a great way to hang around the airport, earn similar money to Comair 3rd year pay, and keep taking advantage of those speedy employee parking shuttle busses.

Most of all, you'll have the chance to pay back all your Captain friends for the free meals they bought you in the past... since they'll all be starving First Officers again, you can sneak them an apple pie or large fries while they sit ready reserve in Concourse C. Of course those caught doing so will be fired from McDonalds, have their SIDA badge revoked, and lose their ALPA seniority number.

This is a limited time offer.

I'm Lovin' it!

Sincerely,
Dave F'n Soaper

 

There is only one video that came to mind while reading that...

YouTube - ding fries are done

 

Another great day! 10.5 hr duty day for ONE deadhead, including 8 hrs. of sitting around doing nothing.

Let's see...

Duty: 10.5
Per Diem: 10.5 x $1.55/hr = $16.28
Hrs. Blocked: 0 (Zero)
Credit: 1:20 x Hell, doesn't matter on reserve

Coffee $3
Ice Tea $2
Lunch $6

Money made today: $5.28

SCORE!

 

I was in that situation a few years ago and tried to play the junior man card and they weren't having it. My situation might have been a little different though. I wasn't in a one in 7 issue. I just got held over into a day off. They brought me in the next morning and then gave me a 12 hour day on my day off. They gave me my day back, but gave me regular pay and stated that I was not junior manned because I wasn't a lineholder.