Originally Posted by
LateFolder
I am struggling to see the problem. I know that greenslips are pay no credit. Are greenslips evil in that they distort our productivity numbers? You are a valued contributor to this forum so I thank you for your postings. Would you consider posting an example with numbers that would illuminate further your concerns?
Our "productivity" is getting out of control.
It costs jobs and it eliminates family and leisure time.
Every time we allow more flying for pay and no credit it just continues our steady march toward no limits at all on the number of hours people can fly in a month.
This TA apparently is going to go almost all the way.
Reference Donatelli's bullet point:
· Adopts FAR FDP limits for actual operations.
That would seem to suggest that we've pretty much given up on any notion of limiting the amount of flying an individual pilot can perform in a month. If its legal under the FAR FDP limit then we can do it. No more contractual limits.
I think that's a horrible philosophy for our union to adopt. I don't want to work 99 hours. I want
time off as well as more money. I would much rather have an old fashioned "cap" and then progress to the next higher paying seat that much faster to make my money.
But I'm apparently in the minority.
If every widebody captain was capped at 75 hours just think how many more widebody captains we would need. And so on down the list.