American Airlines is trying to stop a popular app used by flight attendants

Post by ddoolin » Mon, Oct 17, 2022, 4:18 PM UTC

vkou wrote: post #112

jaywalk wrote: post #105

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Working remotely for your employer (as in, you're not traveling for work, but working while traveling) is not in breach of any tourist visa restrictions.

When Canadians travel down to the US for work, they are always instructed to answer any questions with 'I'm just here for meetings/training', because telling CBP that you're going to be doing any programming for your Canadian employer while in the US is a great way to get denied entry. I'm not sure how this works in the reverse direction, or in Mexico.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 17, 2022, 4:19 PM UTC

Kalium wrote: post #66

toomuchtodo wrote: post #32

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> The key is: you must make enough profit to justify dedicating engineering and legal techniques to defend your scraping. It also works if you have philanthropic, non profit, or unconventional backing to pay for these defensive resources. If this app is providing substantial benefits to the AA crew around scheduling and QoL, their union might consider providing some backstop/support. https://www.apfa.org/

If memory serves, FA unions often use seniority-oriented contracts. The more senior members will tend to be more active and better-represented among union leadership. Reserve members are often more junior. Putting on my cynical prick hat for a moment, I would guess the union as an institution is far more willing to throw the app-oriented concerns of the junior members under the bus than the health care and pension co…

Post by adastra22 » Mon, Oct 17, 2022, 4:20 PM UTC

anovikov wrote: post #58

mannerheim wrote: post #44

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My guess is it checks whether their shifts are compliant with labour laws.

These aren't labour laws strictly speaking, more like airline safety laws. I.e. they aren't about well-being of employees but safety of planes operated by overworked crews.

Post by blantonl » Mon, Oct 17, 2022, 4:20 PM UTC

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shagie wrote: post #7

The app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sequence-decoder/id1439988599 For the public: -Past and future departure information for all airports -Past and future arrival information for all airports -Individual flight info lookup For flight attendants: -Flight specific info inflight -ETB alerts -Open time alerts -Flight alerts -Open time display -Sequence details -Calendar -Reserve call out list -Standby list -Crew chat…

Two thoughts: 1. Wow, that looks like an extremely useful app if you're a flight attendant! 2. How is their employer not providing this functionality? I guess maybe they are, but only parts, or it's a shittier version. But still.

Post by jaywalk » Mon, Oct 17, 2022, 4:22 PM UTC

ddoolin wrote: post #121

vkou wrote: post #112

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When Canadians travel down to the US for work, they are always instructed to answer any questions with 'I'm just here for meetings/training', because telling CBP that you're going to be doing any programming for your Canadian employer while in the US is a great way to get denied entry. I'm not sure how this works in the reverse direction, or in Mexico.

At least for driving, into Mexico, there is no real check. For anything. You merely drive through at speed while border guards glance into the cars. You don't actually speak to anyone unless they flag you. I think the U.S. is the only one of the three that would really care.