Originally Posted by
TonyC
I've been accused of being long-winded. I admit, I have a hard time being brief sometimes.
I have other questions, too, several from the video. I'd like to know where the LOA says that Field Standby Pay will be based on the guage aircraft that it is covering and that it'll be placed in the appropriate bid pack. The Negotiating Committee Chairman so states (at 5:00 in the video), but I can't find that language in the LOA. What will prevent The Company from putting a Field Standby on a B-757 trip knowing that there's a likelihood it will cover a B-767, but knowing that it will only pay the rate if it launches?
The Negotiating Committee Chairman stated (at 4:07) "However, 757 pilots will be paid their current longevity wide-body rate if they block out on a Reserve Trip that contains at least one flight segment in a 767 or has wide-body pay rates attached to it. 757 pilots can also earn those wide-body rates if they block out on a Draft trip that contains at least one 767 flight segment or has wide-body pay rates attached to it." I'd like to know what that phrase means, "has wide-body pay rates attached to it." He said it twice, and it's on video, so I must assume it was used deliberately. Where does that phrase or concept live in the LOA or CBA?
I'd like to know why Scheduled Credit Hours is the chosen metric for detetmining the number of pilots required. Do you know what the ratios are for the current airplanes? Do they vary by system form? Would that metric work the same for the B-777 (long legs) as for the B-727 (relatively shorter legs). Four airplanes leave Memphis for four destinations. One flies 6 hours, and the other 3 fly 2 hours each. The one that flew 6 hours required 1 Captain and 1 First Officer, while the other three that flew 6 hours combined required 3 Captains and 3 First Officers. The manning ratio described in the 767 LOA would not work if the one airplane here was one type anf the other three were of the other. The SCH would be 1:1, but the pilots required would be 3:1.
Sorry for being long-winded.
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I understood the standby language on the video to mean that "if the actual spare aircraft being manned" (767 or 757) that the standby pairing(s) would be put in the appropriate bid period package.
I understood the Chair's comment about "WB rates attached to it.." goes back to the definition of a B767 trip. Meaning if a 757 trip is published in the 767 bid pack then that trip for that month "has WB rates attached to it". If you are a 757 pilot drafted or reserve assigned a "767 trip" that does not contain actual 767 legs, you still get WB pay.
I do not know why the metric of SCH was used but in your question I think one part you might be missing is it is "credit hours" in the CA/FO 767 crew position. So if a 767 requires an RFO on a trip that trip with have the "CH" of 2 FO's included into the SCH mix for the FO ratio that month. I read SCH to be the sum of the total "pay hours", by seat, in the B767. It is a much better measure than block, obviously.
Either way Tony, I hope you get answers to your questions above from the horses mouth and please let us know what you find out.