PCL_128 said:
enigma, did the rep refuse a trip that was illegal per the contract, or illegal per the regs? Are you guys having trouble with crew scheduling trying to assign illegal trips according to the FARs?
No, we don't have, or I'm not aware of a problem with crew scheduling attempting to assign FAR illegal trips. Once or twice, maybe, but those were honest mistakes brought about by confusion, etc. The schedulers are not intentionally breaking the law.
I can't/won't say any more than I already have about the suspension in question, sorry.
We are having trouble with crew scheduling: harrassing pilots with continual calls during off days, attempting to convince pilots to break the contract, attempting to entice pilots to break the contract, using their personal phones to make junior assign calls (negating caller ID), calling pilots outside of the contractually acceptable contact times, etc.
I must say that crew scheduling is as under the gun as is operations. The individual schedulers are being asked to fill a ten pound sack with five pounds of sand. I assume that they are treated as being personally responsible when they fail to cover a trip. We all know that it isn't schedulings responsibility to staff properly, so most of us are ok with the scheduling staffers.
regards,
enigma