Originally Posted by
Timbo
All those little things add up to less manning required, obviously. That is my point.
As I said before, where I'm at today, it won't affect me at all, but go about half way down the list, that starts to add up to more stagnation for F/O's looking to upgrade and for new hires, well, you'd better get used to being on the bottom, when all the 747 pilots start raining down on you, while we are giving even more manning concessions with pay banding.
R.E. the 'we can mitigate it with increasing the vacation day' theory. No, you can't, unless you also stop allowing guys to pick up more flying in every vacation month.
Make Vacation both pay AND CREDIT, now you've fixed it.
Make the swap board and swap with the pot, subject to the same pickup limits as white slips, that will help mitigate pay banding too.
Timbo, what you are proposing would meet with a significant pushback from a lot of your fellow pilots. One of the things I liked about our contract was the flexibility it offered, if I wanted more pay I could use the system to fly more, or, I could use the system to fly as little as possible. Another point is that the company has a limit to what they are going to pay in C2015, the pie is only so big before the Company says NO. That is an economic reality so the question is how to divide the pie. What you propose would eat up a large portion of the pie and would take money away from a large portion of your fellow pilots. Your proposals are popular but I think they would meet with a lot of pushback. Just my opinion
I have heard from very reliable sources that the Company is very upset with sick leave usage, I.e April and May see significantly higher sick time usage than other months. Not casting dispersion on my former teammates but it isn't a coincidence that the bank gets reloaded in June. They are also looking for a way to mitigate training and pay banding is at the top of the list.
Whatever the outcome I will be rooting for my Bro's from the sidelines