Originally Posted by RandyWaldron

Fireman0714, are you serious? The pilot group at NWA will never approve that TA. Not only are they financially penalized for calling in sick, the company wants to remove the Captain augmentation for long-haul 2-pilot a/c flying (B747-400 TPAC, A330 TPAC/TATL), reduce the blockholder monthly minimum and eliminate all open flying during the regular monthly bid run.

Problems? I see plenty. First of all, the elimination of full pay for sick time is not going to sit well with our most senior pilots. Imagine your 2nd sick call in a year is for a 12-day trans-pacific trip on the -400. It would be your only trip in the month and now if you call in sick you'll be paid 3/4 of what you could actually make? No dice.

The removal of the captain augmentation clause means that all First Officers on the 747-400 and A330 will now have to be type rated on the aircraft means a lot of extra training and expense, that the company cannot afford considering the rest of the cutbacks proposed.

If any open flying is eliminated during the bid run, that will reek havoc with Detroit, considering 90% of the pilots based there commute, and build their schedule around commuter-friendly trips......

I could go on for days, but I don't have the time. This TA is a piece of junk, and it'll never fly.