In jurisdictions where a juror is required to stay in his city and call jury administration authorities daily to be available for jury assignment, a pilot shall be eligible for jury duty pay protection ..."
This is the part that matters depending on your jurisdiction. My court didn't require me to stay in my city. They didn't care if I was in Paris just as long as I showed up the next morning if needed. Obviously that isn't possible with our schedules. The company will actually pay protect you for call in duty if your jurisdiction requires you to stay local. We got nothing before per the CBA, now, at least we get 50%. I think this was a welcome gain.
WHY are we agreeing to half pay for a whole day of work?
The culprit here is whomever wrote the original language in our CBA because it did
nothing for the pilot serving call in jury duty in most jurisdictions. Before you got nothing for having to drop your trips, now at least you will be getting 50% or 100% if actually used.
I'm not a proponent of hysteria. Those are the facts after consulting with both the company and my clerk of court. Sorry to ruin your MEC bashing.