Originally Posted by JonnyKnoxville

Since when? Apparently, you and I have different contracts. Oh, and when did the change in position happen? For the longest time, we were told to fight it as it is not in the contract and now, I just need to do my homework. Care to quote the part where it says in order to take Gateway Travel you must have a backup flight plus 10 hours of rest?

Answers for your homework:

10 hours of rest prior t a duty period- CBA 2.DD

Gateway Backup (Company interpretation) - CBA 6.A.6.f Gateway is owned by the Company and is extended to the crewmember. As such, they can do what they will to make it work in their system. To make sure a crewmember gets there in time for an operation, they can require a backup and use the whole day prior to shop for a fare.

Gateway Backup (Union position) - Union LEGAL agrees that backup is acceptable; NOT the ExCo and the rest of the committees that deal with this. However, any backup assigned must be the last flight of the day for the rest indicated above and the flight chosen for the crewmember travel must be the closest in time (not anytime that day or the day prior, cheapest fare, etc.) to that last flight of the day and must conform to CBA 6.A.6.a (Expeditious Travel).



I never signed a nondisclosure, so I am not the one with the problem here. Also, if I am jeopardizing a pension plan that is only being negotiated for your benefit and not the entire pilot group, then so be it.

And Solidarity happens when you have people working as a team. A great team can only form when one part of the group stops negotiating for their sole benefit.