I suggest you check with Larry L. on this one before you get yourselves and ALPA embroiled in another lawsuit.
If an Atlas pilot decided to jumpseat to benefit himself, no matter if he has gateway or not, it is not against ALPA jumpseat policy. When an Atlas pilot is given a gateway ticket to his base he is charged tax on the price of the ticket (the price of the ticket is seen by the IRS as "imputed" income). Often times, when there are no other seats (such as to ANC in the summer or MIA during spring break) the company buys him a high dollar first class ticket. There have been cases where the Atlas crewmember, who has to pay taxes out of his paycheck on such a ticket, has not recieved a paycheck at all - due to the taxes. So an Atlas pilot may decide, on his own, to jumpseat to save himself the taxes; or even to give himself and extra day at home. This is what the jumpseat was policy was designed for - to allow a pilot to save money by living somewhere that was cheaper or allowed a better quality of life. Or to allow him to remain where he was living while bidding another base. Or to allow him to remain where he was living if he got displaced. The test of the pilots actions is whether it benefits the pilot more than the company - ie. if he is doing it to benefit himself or the company. Now if Atlas "required" a pilot to jumpseat then it would be a different story.
However, this is actually what the company IS REQUIRING of Polar pilots who are riding an Atlas airplane - they are requiring you to Jumpseat on Atlas as you cannot legally Deadhead on another certificate holders aircraft. So the foot is in the other shoe now. Atlas is NOT requiring Atlas pilots to Jumpseat to their trips but they ARE requiring Polar pilots to do so. hmmmmmm...........
All the Atlas pilots are trying to do is to get this merger done. You three are actively trying to screw with the Atlas pilots career. And much like the scab announcer (did I mention we now know who he is?) are cruising for legal action - is that what you want?
Last edited by WhaleFR8; 7th February 2008 at 17:32.