Originally Posted by
Flaps50
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.
My point was we never win and hardly ever fight not if 380 rates would have been good or bad. The union and its lawyers stated that it was clear the 777 would get 380 rates and were wrong.
You might want to check about the union having to grieve something. Actually it goes like this they decide if they want to grieve it or not and if not it is up to you to do all the leg and legal work to grieve it! At least this is what they told me personally!