Originally Posted by
orvil
PilotFrog, here is the PWA language. I am following the contract, not SD's letter. I think this part has been beaten to death.
d. be required to check his schedule via DBMS or VRU:
10 1) after block-in of the last flight segment of his rotation prior to his release (see
11
Section 12 G. 13. – 14.), and
12 2) no later than 0200 base time on his first on-call day following a non-fly day, so as
13 to be able to acknowledge
orvil-
You left out the next few words which are crucial. You're interpreting that section wrong. Under the document that used to be our contract you had to check your schedule after an X day by 0200 because they could give you a trip reporting at 0500. You had to acknowledge within 3 hours of report, thus the 0200 deadline. If you had a trip that reported later then you did not have to acknowledge it at 0200. You could wait until 3 hours prior.
Dickson's contract rewrite eliminates that 3 hours prior language and makes it 10 hours prior. He also eliminated the "last non-fly day schedule check" and just forces everyone to answer the phone at midnight. (or within 2 hours of a call)
You seem to be operating under a sort of "blended contract". Half contract, half Dickson memo. That's a big part of the problem. Nobody knows the real reserve rules. ALPA says they will defend the contract but so far they haven't. Dickson is taking pay from anybody who doesn't obey his memo.