Originally Posted by
sailingfun
There is a reason you don't want a exact time on call outs. Traffic, flat tires and other issues can make anyone miss a time limit. That can result in discipline up to and including termination. It's much better to not be specific. At a minimum it should state that a pilot on short call should be within 2 hours under normal circumstances not as a absolute.
There's a better reason. It's presently a hard-won contractual provision that management wants for free with nothing in return, except more disregard and poor treatment. The pay rate proposal simply moves pay rates forward, but there value is negated by demands for mitigating concessions that emasculate the additional pay value. No mid-term pay adjustment either, so Delta and United pilots will leapfrog AA pilots under this ruse offer in the near future and insurance offsets, among other things.
Unless a fair offer is made, arbitration is the better path in the long run.