Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
You can't possibly say this yet Herkflyr. None of us has any idea how the company might build rotations to mitigate ADG 5:15. It could be a big deal, and it could be a big nothing. We won't know until after implementation.
Regarding something in our contract being "in our contract forever", you may want to revise that remark. Anything can be removed either voluntarily or by force of a BK judge. More importantly however is that your union can effectively remove it by not defending the language. Would you like a few examples of that?
Carl
Well you have a good point, actually. "Forever" is a long time. Let me rephrase by saying that we worked very hard to get the ADG, and it would take quite a catastrophe to prod us to concede it away.
I will be curious as to the trip mix beginning November. I acknowledge that nothing comes for free, and it will not be the case that we will see unchanged bid packages, and miraculously all trips pay more for the same block time. However, overall I feel it is a great positive step, more than many of us realize. The provisions for dh-only duty periods, no carve out other than 0000-0200, and the full value applying to reserves are great gains.