Guys/Gals,

One of the big gives in our current TA is how OE is handled. The union is pitching it as "industry standard". Specifically using UAL and AA as examples. I have gone through your 2015 JCBA and can't seem to locate the specific language concerning this. I do have close ties to one of your pilots (she's upstairs asleep) and my understanding is this:

That your LCAs really don't bid lines, but rather days on/off. Then, when someone comes out of the schoolhouse and needs OE, a few things can happen.

-scheduling can pull a trip out of open time to use

-if the student was able to get a line for that month, the LCA is put on the student's sequence, bumping either the FO or the CA depending on what kind of student

-if the student has no line, or is on reserve, they can bump both piots off a sequence and put the OE flight on that one


Am I totally off? Is it or was it different before PBS goes into effect? How does it actually work? What section in the JCBA addresses this?

Thanks for the help.