Originally Posted by
Alan Shore
Your point about the concession in max reserve is well taken, but your specifics are a bit exaggerated.
In C2012, max reserve went from ALV to ALV +15. Assuming that the company uses the max ALV possible in the summer time, the worst-case scenario is that we've gone from a max reserve of 82 (the old ALV limit) to a max reserve of 99 (15 hours above the new ALV limit of 84), for a 21% increase.
Good point there Alan, I wanted to put a number in there rather than leave it completely vague, I was thinking the min-pay for reserve. Since the major effect of this happens during the summer, using 82 is correct. I'll modify my talking points to this more accurate 21% next time I have to repost this standard rebuttal to sailing's clouding-attempts.
Thanks for your consistent use of data and sound logic to make your points... if there's one guy I'd wish was in charge of writing the ALPA Talking Paper to send out to the pilots for Pro/Con for contract 2015 TA, it would be you.