Originally Posted by
ForeverFO
Can someone summarize the issue please? Crew rest affects us all, and companies tend to copy, saying "Hey, the guys at United do fine with their crew rest, why can't you?"
5-J Crew Rest Facilities5-J-1 When augmentation is required, allowable crew rest facilities are:
. . .
5-J-1-h For 757-200 aircraft equipped with lie-flat seats, one (1) premium lie-flat window seat. The adjacent aisle seat shall be the last seat assigned on the aircraft.
The company interpreted this as the last assigned seat in
B/F, not the last assigned seat on the
entire aircraft. I'm not privy to this particular grievance but I suspect this is one of those examples of negotiator's notes providing context beyond the final language.
Originally Posted by
horrido27
So basically, everything that is in our JCBA is now up for interpretation if the company so deems~
Sorry to burst a bubble, but isn't that how it has always worked under the RLA as the company is responsible for administering the contract?