Kharma Police
Don't mess with Texas
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Just curious if other airlines have, "switch hitter" pilots that can go from Captain to FO and vice versa from trip to trip. I personally think the program is kinda silly and only benefits a few pilots despite being told otherwise.
Just curious if other airlines have, "switch hitter" pilots that can go from Captain to FO and vice versa from trip to trip. I personally think the program is kinda silly and only benefits a few pilots despite being told otherwise.
It was interesting how the senior CA's bitched about the Lance program before the last contract.
Contract passed and Lances are limited to only 9 duty periods as CA. The senior CA's started bitching immediately that their trips weren't being picked up. I wonder why? Sometimes folks are completely clueless to how the system works. Exhibit A folks.
The Lance program greases the wheels of flexibility. The senior CA's get there trips picked up, and I grab sweet turns from those Lances. Flexibility changes dramatically if it goes away. And it sounds like the union is going to let that happen. Hope they field the calls from the senior CA's when they are stuck with their trips.
Then you have no clue about flexibility
Let me see if I can figure out this "flexibility" thing that I'm missing out on. A more senior part time FO takes a line that I would've liked to have (which he has no intention of flying). He dumps his trash into open time so after I've done the work of getting my board cleared, I have to spend time and patiently wait by my computer for him to try and get rid of his stuff in hopes of adding the trip which I would've liked to have flown in the first place? Sounds like the program benefits only the Lance Captain who wants it both ways and his FO buddies that he leaves the trips to.