Originally Posted by
Raptor
But, we ended up with neither because of 4.A.2.b. How could we consider passing the long range premium (was it at 11.5 hours) 777 LOA when faced with what the company was doing at the time.
My whole perception of how I think about this TA (look for the worst interpretation and assume the company will exploit) is colored by two major things:
1) the seemingly unbelievably poor track record we have with grievances and how few we actually even try to fight as a union
2) 4A.2.b--the company did what they wanted and the union said that wasn't the meaning behind what we agreed to.
So, when I read the NC missive of the 17th where they explain deviation bank will be higher, I just don't believe that will be practice because of plain language in the TA.
Fool me once....
We didn't get ULR because we said no we want separate 777 rates. - we got nothing in the end, yes the economy went south... we had no leverage, but could have walked away with ULR at 11 hours. That was a huge loss for our pilots.
The union is obligated to grieve any grievance you have if you follow through with the process.
Right now you get the lowest accepted fair for your deviation bank - period. Under the new TA you will get the higher of the accepted fair or the fair when ticketed. Where's the confusion? Regardless, it will not be less than what we get now, and then you get to bank it with a 50% shelf life and a 1 month look back and forward for 100% of the bank. That is considerably better than current book IMO.