Originally Posted by
GunshipGuy
From the LEC 44 Hotline today:
"The net result of RAW and its efficiency is that it saves Delta money by reducing the number of reserves required, open time and premium flying. These net savings from RAW go to Delta’s bottom-line, but not necessarily yours."
Glad to hear they're all about taking up the fight against the company's efforts to reduce the number of reserves required. Makes me wonder what other possible ways we could work to stop the reduction in staffing requirements. Anyone?
Somehow you got the opposite meaning than that the writer intended to communicate.
Prior to RAW value, we had straight seniority. We lost straight seniority in pre-bankruptcy concessionary bargaining. ALPA would like to have back pure seniority, but that comes at a cost to efficiency. If we negotiate a more seniority based system it will cost money somewhere. Many pilots prefer to have hourly pay rates than work rules.
I was a little surprised when this 120 lb overweight Captain made his way up to the ALPA Reps in the lounge and asked "how much did this new reserve pay cost us?" ALPA's Rep answered something along the lines of 1 to 2 %. The Captain got bellicose and said "screw 'em, I want the money." The ALPA Rep said, well, our reserve pay was well below industry standard and it now has been brought up to what the rest of the profession is, on average, paying their pilots." Captain Itsallaboutme was non-plussed (he looked a lot like you can imagine he looks when getting gut checked by the yoke on the taxi checklist).
That's the exchange when we talk work rules .... (he had a flip phone, I'm not worried that he will read this on the Forum unless his 8086 with Windows ME is working today)
