Originally Posted by
HIFLYR
Contract Enforcement told me to be sure 2 days either side last year.
25.C.11.f
Conflicts with blocks of R-days under this paragraph shall be handled as follows:
- If the pilot’s recurrent training conflicts with a block of R-days but does not split that block (i.e., it does not leave an R-day(s) both before and after the recurrent training), then only the R-days in conflict with recurrent training shall be dropped as a phase-in conflict and the pilot shall remain responsible for the remaining R-days.
- If the pilot’s recurrent training splits a block of R-days, then the entire block shall be dropped as a phase-in conflict and the pilot shall not be responsible for any of the R-days in that block.
It's been a while, but I believe I have first hand experience with leaving just one R-day on one side of training and it dropped the entire block. The above contract excerpt from the 2011 CBA seems to support that as well. Maybe CE is playing CYA with their advice but the old contract appears to be pretty clear on this (at least until the TBD date).