Original Message

our rights for the pilot's at each base to decide their schedule.  That was under trusteeship, when they gave away lots of contractual "rights".   We had it great schedule, all pilots at the base loved it.   Then, then the man who wasn't a pilot in our union, nor ever a pilot flying HAA/HEMS, decided it was better for us to have the company decide our schedule and start times.

IMAGINE how much better it was before the union F**ked it up for us to decide our own "what's best for us" schedule.

I'd go back to a 14 and 14 in a heartbeat!  It was a great schedule!