Originally Posted by
georgetg
The MEC was briefed that over the course of the 3-year compliance period (April 2011 - March 2014) going from 47.2% to 50% would increase flying by 6-7 daily round trips.
2.8% = 6-7 daily roundtrips.
Q: did the subject matter expert knowingly mis-represent the percentage flying to the MEC or is sailingfun correct and all it is is 1 daily flight?
Cheers
George
You did not understand the data. They stated the company would have to add 6 to 7 flights a day in the last year to bring the average up to be in compliance. That number was actually up to something around 14 departures per day in Aug. The less time left the more departures they would have to add to be in compliance. The overall rate for the entire period was just under two departures per day. With the AF strike that dropped to closer to one per day if you average it over the 4 years. I think however you could make a case before the arbitrator that the shutdown of AF for several weeks should not count as it was a aberration not considered by either side when the agreement was made.
I was just emailed more numbers but they match what I posted. Just prior to the AF strike we were just over 47% of the EASK which gave us over 65% of the actual block hours. To be contractually compliant the company needed to raise that to 48.5%. With 40 to 50 departures per day it's not hard to see that two more departures per day would have produced the percentage the company needed.