Let me get this straight,
We are hiring DEC's, DEFO's & still extending Captains beyond 55, which is delaying upgrades across the board. Allot of guys who should be upgrading as we speak, are not because of the current debacle. The ONLY protection we have against this abuse of our contracts is bypass pay, and this is being paid to all those that were given a shot at upgrade and by one way or another did not get through. The union now "negotiates" a housing allowance for these guys getting paid to do a job that they are not doing.... OK
... good one.
So now I guess the second best job in this company,number one being a failed command trainee who then takes up his base in seniority and goes onto bypass pay, is the above.
Why does this not surprise me, CX thinks this is great! it is a "no cost item" for them. Take one extender, give him\her a pay-cut to B-scale,and send the proceeds to next most senior FO(regardless).
Can anyone fix this mess? This is a shallow victory.
