Also,

I just went and read the Block 6 and 11 letters. (They seemed to almost be a carbon copy) . Just more of the same snake oil salesmanship that the company is pushing.

I cannot stomach one more union rep telling me that this is not concessionary. That STV is just like SIBA. That the money is not enough but it is not there. Yada Yada Yada......

On STV, tell me where giving up trip rig for perdiem is not concessionary. That living my days off in a hotel room is not concessionary. That being forced to live in a hotel room anywhere in the world for three months is like DDH trips that last 14-17 days, with every minute that I am gone, I get paid trip rig and perdiem. If I wanted perdiem on my days off I would just PDO bump guys and take these vacations to a bunch of different locations (when I wanted to, not when the company tells me that I have to).