Originally Posted by Jack Bauer

I have done that. Since DALPA is championing how great this is and ignoring the stagnation that I just pointed out in the post you didn't like. Lets look at a just few things Alaska airlines has in their contract that are ahead of what this new proposal even promises.

Minimum daily guarantee = 5 hours

You bid for Short Call or Long Call and...

Short Call (2 hour notification) gets paid 79 hours

Long Call (11 hour notification) gets paid 75 hours

Long Call can be converted to Short Call 4 times per month. The first time the pilot is paid an additional 2 hours. The next 3 times the pilot is paid an additional hour for each conversion. Permission must be granted by the pilot for any conversions greater than 4.

Pilot must be provided first class on deadhead any time first class seats are available on any flight.

Pilot must be provided first class on a deadhead on ANY flight over five hours. This also includes consecutive deadhead legs adding up to 5 hours (all those flights need to be first class).

Off Days of Reserve. A reserve pilot will receive at least two 2 day periods in a row, one row of 3 days, and one group of five days in a row off during the calendar month of reserve.

Any food available for purchase by passengers in the main cabin must be offered to deadheading pilots free of charge.

If onboard internet is available on any airplane it must be made available to deadheading pilots free of charge.

Crew meals are provided to the pilots (no flight time restrictions). These meals are chosen during quarterly meetings between the MEC and the company. (Pilots basically have a crew meal on every flight long or short).

Maximum hours for reserves is below what this contract proposes.

and so on and so forth....