Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
I said it was understandable that junior guys might not have had the time to understand all the related sections of the contract and thus have made incorrect analyses here. It is not understandable for a senior guy not to know his contract because that is just lazy. So once again, put your man pants on and quit whining like a little girl.
The reserve system we have now is light years better than the one I worked under when I was junior on reserve. We were on short call every day, we had no such thing as long call, and we had fewer days off. IF we reach an agreement, this reserve system will be the best reserve system we have ever had in my career at Delta. Even more days off, more pay, more opportunities to control your schedule. So quit playing the whiny poor me card, you are not the first pilot to stagnate on the list. I was an MD-88 first officer in year 8 of my career, boo hoo for me, let's all cry.
Guys,
Feel free to disagree with Alfa but I believe he is correct on what I have bolded above. Reserve rules at DAL have been a lot worse in the past. When I was hired you had two short call windows every day, 0800-0900 and 2000-2100 if I remember correctly, every day of reserve.
Granted a lot of other things were better back then, almost everything else as a matter of fact, but that does not change the fact that he is correct about the above. You could argue that it is irrelevant what the rules were back then, or you can try to make a case for them being relevant. If that is the case then I would say C2000 pay-rates are also relevant.
Scoop