Originally Posted by sailingfun

Finally got the chance to talk in detail with someone who has read and digested the TA. Cost wise it's heavily weighted in our favor. The 5:15 is very expensive and has many implications I did not consider.
To answer the reserve question there will no longer be a requirement to acknowledge a trip however a reserve will be required to notify the company by 3 hours prior to report if for some reason he is unable to fly the trip. It's a 10 hour leash effectively.
They looked at the augmented turns and see very few if any flights where it makes economic sense other then a market with unsafe layover conditions with one exception. It may be useful to the company on some military charters.
CDO's have many restrictions and you can not be rerouted into them. There is a pay no credit component to the CDO's. More at the end of the post on that.
The 14 hour rule on having to cover trips via normal coverage is significant and based on historical data will cause a significant reduction in reroutes.
Overall the TA will increase staffing requirements. That means the 5:15 will require some phase in. The company has increased hiring however initially the 5:15 will be calculated based on the old rules for credit. The difference will be paid as pay only for a few months until programming and staffing changes are done. It will then become pay and credit.
Bunks for the 330 guys, no soup for you to the ER guys.
Change to FAR's for duty times gives the company 30 additional minutes depending on situation.
First class seats for the NRT guys on longer DH's. Think he said 5 hours.
Memory rat undecided. My gut feel is it will not go to memory rat. If not I suggested at a minimum there should be a week from the time the pilots get the language to a vote so feedback can go to the reps from the pilots.
Overall I can live with everything except the pay no credit on the CDO's. It will average 1.5 hours per CDO so not huge on this TA however I can see it having major implications on future contracts or possible mediation/arbitration. If it goes to memory rat. I will vote no for this issue.