Originally Posted by
Plane Ramrod
Exactly!
Not only is this TA (it's a TA, not LOA for now) weak in substance, I see several holes in the language. Remember, they (MEC) had all the time they wanted to proof and send the NC back for improvement. This is the final product they decided to send us. Also keep in mind, given the savings to the company, we have the leverage on this issue. The company should want this more than we do.
Example of holes?
B2 - How is "fair market" determined? Think 5 years from now you are sent a $600 bill for a 6 year old ipad you could pick up online for $50. Also, the normal grievance procedures apply to finding fault on the loss of equipment. The process would go like this (for your $50 ipad)...
- I lost my ipad while maintaining due diligence.
- company disagrees
-MEC files formal grievance
-company dismisses grievance
Next step? Arbitration.
Ask yourself if your MEC is going to spend 10K arbitrating a $50 ipad. Easier and cheaper to send you the $600 bill. Maybe they will payroll deduct it for you.
B7 Bothers me too. The requirement is to "meet and confer", just like we have now with uniforms. As stated before, the company could dress us in gorilla suits if they wanted, all they are required to do is "confer" with the MEC.
Thanks! I just spewed coffee all over my laptop.
Edit: Yeah, not impressed with this. Nowhere near enough money/ time off to balance the operational efficiencies the company will gain from this. If this is the kind of work the NC is planning to deliver for the next CBA...well, they might want to think again. Did I mention how unimpressive this TA is?!? While I look forward to the day of ditching paper jepps/ manuals, this distance training isn't gonna work for me in it's current iteration.
That said, I don't see using iPads for operational use and distance training as a singularity. The company has plenty reason to proceed with operational use regardless of our agreeing to distance learning. No reason we can't agree to in-flight usage while still working out the details of remote training.
For now it's a big fat NO here!