Originally Posted by aluminumdriver

As poorly managed as United is, we made it a high priority to negotiate a line guarantee for the pilots so we didn't lose pay for poor planning and execution. So, once we have our monthly schedules, if there are schedule changes or cancellations, we don't lose our pay, we just adjust to the new trip. So, in the case of the ash cancellations, the pilots are not losing money, they just end up on a phone standby for a day or are reassigned to a different trip.



It varies, we sometimes get schedule changes a month out as we bid our schedules. Other times, we may find out just as we're showing up for our trip, so it just depends. I don't answer my phone from United or read their emails on my days off, so I don't find out anything until I arrive for my trip.

As for aircraft swaps, again, we are pay protected for our trip, so if they drop our plane and put in a different one, then they'll reassign us to go somewhere else, put us on a phone standby period, or deadhead us someplace where we pick up the remainder of our trip.

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