Originally Posted by Bozo:1358518
Originally Posted by
JoeyMeatballs
ding ding ding ding, we have a winner. While both sides bicker over Flight-line/ SmartPref, our side is putting rates in place that will all but guarantee any new A/C come on the ERJ side. It's like a voluntary race to the bottom. We continue to fight with each other, management takes advantage and negotiates a "cost competitive" rate for larger A/C on the ERJ side. I would venture to say the best thing the joint group can do at this point (being WE WILL NEVER ALL AGREE ON A PBS) is to flip a coin (heads SmartPref, tails Flightline) and move forward................ I say that in jest but in reality I don't see both groups ever coming together on one system.
And the ASA MEC, at the end of last year, asked the Company and the XJT MEC to put SmartPref our to all pilots so as to allow them to see the product.
The answer from both the Company and XJT MEC was
NO!
We can already see the product through the MEC site and YouTube videos, but it's pointless as the system has not be customized to include JCBA workrules. The company is not willing to pay Smartpref do that or run "parallel testing" as it will cost too much to pay two companies when in the end only a one will be chosen.
It's a complete stalemate, that IMO won't be resolved until the next generation of Acey pilots come through. Even one ALPA National rep stated we should have had a JCBA a Long time ago but the MECs remain in a circlejerk about PBS systems