Originally Posted by magnus0322

This is exactly why I would vote NO to the LBFO. Any trip rig that doesn't value my TAFB is an automatic no because of the new rest rules. Either schedules will be more efficient or they better give me at least a 5 hour min day. With the way this company forces us to fly 82 hrs a month if we don't have high credit trips we will all be flying 18-19 days a month for min guarantee.

Another thing is that because of said rest rules I can at least envision the outstation bases drastically reducing due to the fact they won't be able to start you at 5am and duty you for 14 hours like they can today. This company will do what costs them least and I sure hope the outstation model costs them. The reason the trips are utter $#!+ here is because of the outstations.

Finally, there are many areas in that LBFO where the current contract is better. A 2003 contract better than a 2013 LBFO. Think about that. I for one will not sell out the reserve pilots. I also will not vote for anything that doesn't allow for an open scheduling system where you can see where you fall on reserve and the number of reserves in base. Reserves should also have the option to bid First out, last out, etc. We also should not have to give up our no hot reserve LOA. In the LBFO the company wants hot reserve pilots again.