VFN Show Time Expectations

Fellow Pilots,

As outlined in the most recent Chief Pilot’s Desk communication, if you accept a VFN, you are expected to be at the gate and ready to go at the posted show time. If you are not, you are exposed to discipline. The reason does not matter. Traffic and weather, among other reasons, are not protections and will not absolve you of your responsibility.

We have already seen disciplinary meetings tied directly to VFNs. These assignments place all the risk on the pilot and leave no margin for error when reporting for duty.

If there is any doubt about your ability to make the show time, please do not accept the VFN. Please do not call Crew Services to try to adjust or negotiate the assignment.

Thank you for the work you have done this holiday season and for looking out for one another. Fly safe and take care of yourselves and your families.

In Solidarity,

Strategic Preparedness Committee