Originally Posted by
wimpypipsqueak
I guess my question was related to the following scenario.....
A flight is diverted on the way to the base of the majority the FAs. The quickest way for the FAs to get home is to agree to continue, but in so doing they would go over their contract hours. If they all agree, can they continue with the flight. What if there is one FA who wants to stick with the contract rules?
Under this scenario, it is possible if the fa's are all lineholders going into their days off, then they
might waive their legalities in order to get home. If a fa is on reserve w/ multiple days of availibility left, there is no motivation for that fa to waive.
As for the one fa who wants to abide by the contract (that AFA
and UAL agreed to) as long as you have the FAA min to work the flight, they would probably leave that fa behind.
UAL tracks the # of times a particular legality is waived, so when contract time comes around, they can claim that it is not needed. Therefore, they are not waived that often.