Originally Posted by
dragon
Alfa,
Your post is interesting, and frankly I had to read it a couple of times to get past the snarky, condescending tone to get to the meat. Yes I'm junior, yes I've been on reserve, but don't sit there and tell me I'm too stupid to read.
You represent DALPA and frankly, the worst parts of it. You want us to sit back and color while the "adults" make the decisions with the information that is too "privileged" for the masses to see. You ask us to trust you when there is no trust left in the bank.
For the most part, I've been staying off the forums to wait for the contract. I'm cautiously excited, but the NNP put a lot of angst back in my world.
You have had some great posts in the past, but drop the whole trust me thing and stop talking down to us. What I saw in the NNP is concessionary in nature so far, but I'm sure it's because I'm "too stupid" to see the awesomeness it contains.
I'm hoping/praying that there is more to see. They (the NC) have done some good work outside section 6, so I am hoping for a linear result.
I read your post before Alfa's, so I expected to find the snarky, condescending tone. Where is it?
If Alfa has a rationale for the ALV+15 bit, let him explain it. He didn't take any liberties in the process. If you still have problems with, argue your point.
I'm not sure I buy into the concept, but I've long advocated for Reserve "pay equality" (so to speak), so I want to see the whole package, to judge how a Reserve would be affected. Combined with a shorter SC, this might work.
George made some good points in an early post, and my takeway from it is that,
on average, Reserves can't fly that much more, but for
some individuals, in the middle of the summer, the leash is going to bite, and they'll have to fly 99 hours. If the days off are right, and the Reserve credit is right, this might cut both ways. Once I hit ALV - a couple when I was on Reserve, I was in for a penny, in for a pound... and I would put in a high yellow. The only thing that absolutely sucks on Reserve is to fly within a couple of minutes of guarantee, over and over. That was what the RAW score guaranteed, especially pre-bucket.
Honestly, I don't think the contract will hinge on Reserve, and I do see some concessionary aspects, but I think overall, what's in the NNP is about neutral, and I hope that what's
not in the NNP will make it good.