We have hundreds of people deadheading around the system every day. They on working assignment from the company, not non revving. It is a cost of doing business.
Positive space deadheads were the norm at LUS, and are the norm today at Delta, United, Southwest, Alaska and others. People who travel more than half the month on the road tend to prefer getting home when their work is done rather than sit around airports all day or spend another night at the Holiday Inn.
The deadhead issue is just one of many. The pilots and F/As want to be treated in the same way that our competitors treat their employees. So do the other employee groups. It is what Parker promised in order to get their support for the merger. He never intended to live up to it. Big surprise.
Look, we get your whole pilot jealousy thing. We used to see it all the time on the pilot threads from 770UW. Like all jealousies, the problem is self esteem and the solution is self esteem. Get help!