Doors to manual.......
There is a more serious side to this for us of course. If CX follows the same form as the last three cabin crew strikes flight deck crew will either be rostered or 'asked' to man the doors (no cabin service) to 'help the company out'. As we are qualified to operate the doors due to the SP course, junior crew can be left in an invidious position.
Kitsune,
If junior crew are 'asked to' man the doors, I can count perhaps 2 doors, maximum 3 that could be manned. What about the rest ? Also, according to Section 2 of Vol. 1, the cheeky bastards don't have a clause that states we can man doors. If so, they would require us to man doors on freighter flights as well. To take this to the extreme per se, what else can they ask us to do to help them out ? Refuel the aircraft ? Assist with boarding ?
Better still, according to my FCOM 3, under Limitations, Minimum Cabin Crew, it clearly states that the minimum of cabin attendants to be carried on flights operated for the purpose of public transport of passengers must be not less than the number of main aircraft exits.
So are they asking us to break a limitation on purpose to help ? Hmm...
I have no problem in stating clearly to whom ever asked me to man a door, firstly "I would like to confirm that we are on a recorded line please" and secondly that I refuse, on the grounds that it this is not stated clearly under my CoS nor Vol. 1 Section 2.
Should the person asking me to 'help the Company out' state that I am not acting in the interest of the Company, that I am a problematic employee or words to that effect, I can ask them to look up Vol. 1 Section 4, 4-2-4.
(It pays to 'know' solicitors that specialise in contractual law, and give 'advise' when One might see a need
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