Originally Posted by
GunshipGuy
I would be interested in more details on this. e.g. how many pilots were present? What was the seniority of those who voted? The system is skewed in favor of senior pilots so it's no surprise a resolution that benefits junior pilots would not have much if any likelihood of passing.
I'm fairly certain DALPA can not unilaterally change the RAW values for the buckets. They can decide they want to sacrifice junior pilots' QOL even more than they have for their senior buds, but it requires the company to agree to the bucket changes. Personally, I'm still waiting to see a pilot get into bucket #2 after five days of flying like my rep and a SOT member told me would happen.
Bucket size is mutually determined by the Scheduling Committee Chairman and the company. To date there has been no direction from the MEC on it. SOT I survey results said to increase seniority on reserve, and this was as far as they could get it.
Also remember SOT and its assumptions were based on a hard reserve pay. With a variable guarantee that was part of TA 2012, the RAW number per credit/block hr is not the same from month to month. Even in a slow month, you have 72 hrs of reserve guarantee, and that means it takes more credit/block hrs to get your RAW up. The guarantee is part of the formula to determine RAW value(number)