Crewing question from the dark side
Just had a coffee with an F/O for a UK airline who has had a couple of weeks off sick in the last 12 months. He has just had an email from his contracting agency stating he is to attend a formal interview on Friday with the agency (an hour after his flight) but this has not been put on his roster. He was asking me was it legal or do the contracting agency have to call the company crewing department and get it rostered. Our part A say "administrative duties" should be rostered ...but does not define what they are? Union recognition is hopefully not too far away (the company is loosing pilots hand over fist because of the way it is treating its people) but any thoughts on this would be most appreciated.