Originally Posted by
RedeyeAV8r
Oh the Horror, than we won't need an FDA in Europe anymore and no more FDA LOA complaints. And then your MEM 757 manning will go up again
BTW that could happen if you got your way too with a combined 75/76 Bidpack. But then you would lose all the Nice Bid DDH's to Europe. Either way we can't stop it if that is what the Company has in store.
Seriously, They could Conceivably Close CGN altogether and fly Europe like UPS does. They could do that in HKG too for that matter. If that were to happen, I'd rather have all that flying in a WB bid pack. But then we will hear how the Union screwed all the FDA guys (again).....by allowing the Base to be closed. It will be DW's fault
LAG I get your issue (sort of), but Contractually all any of us rate each month is 68 and 85 hours(4 week/5 week). Anything above that is at the Company's discretion and due to Seniority.
Your issue isn't really a separate Bid packs. It is with our current Line Guarantees and Spreads and Caps. If we could get these issues tightened and spread to be more fair across the board, then that would fix your concern. If we stop hiring indefinitley and begin to park Wide bodies sooner than later, excessed Pilots will flow down to the 757. Even worse if the Company decides to park all A300's and MD10s sooner than they announced...it would be 2008-9 all over again. Even if the 75/76 was combined, there is nothing to stop the Company from over manning the lower paying seat and when a seat is over manned, the BLGs are generally lower. Combined Bid pack or not.
Personally, assuming LOA passing, I predict the 767 Reserve guys getting shafted more than the 757 Guys. I guess we will wait and see.
I don't have an issue. I simply identifying what the language means. This LOA will pass with a larger percentage of 757 pilots votes than BO got from the African American community. Mostly because guys think their lifestyle will continue. I am simply pointing out be careful what you wish for.
With a combined bid pack BLG are more uniform across the bid pack and open time is available to all.
I have no problem with them closing CGN. But if CGN is manned for the scheduled flying and they give some of the the scheduled flying to someone else that makes CGN a reserve base with a 68 hour RLG. As you say, perfectly legal, I would just want to know before I bid it.
As I said when this makes a difference 2 years from now, I will probably have moved on.