Originally Posted by
labbats
I understand the idea that we have weak work rules on this TA. Bear in mind what we do get beyond the pay.
Here is what I will get beyond pay...
4 weeks vacation
-That can be nullified due to "operational need" and only gives you 1 vacation slot per week in a base of more than 20 pilots, 1 slot per month in the others
Around 150 hours sick time in year one
-At only 4 hours per month that still lags behind our peers and some regionals AND you can't cash it out
10% 401k
-While decent I'd still have preferred some kind of contribution
Solid merger protection
-Not too bad from what I've read
Scope
-Weak at best...it allows unlimited code sharing and such as long as no pilots are furloughed (there should be some kind of limit there) and it allows for an initial cadre of pilots to be third party contractors.
200% Mission Mode (and the ability to pick it up again now that we have a TA)
-Not too bad
Home Study pay
-FOs only get $35 while CAs get $75? That doesn't seem fair...and yes I'm a CA.
12 guaranteed days off 9 months of the year
-One of the worst parts of the TA right there...12 is already low compared to our peers and they can reduce it three times a year??? Are you kidding me? Should be 12/13 min with NO REDUCTIONs depending on a 30 or 31 day month.
And lets not forget the single days off. If you are awarded 15 days off one month you can get 3x3 and the 9 singles...no thanks.
Better and cheaper insurance
-Looks pretty good as far as I can see
Lineholder can't be placed on reserve
-Thats good
Band system gone
-Good
Keep 130% override after 81 hours
-While good, the min guarantee of 70 for regular line holder and 72 for RSV line holder is unacceptable...should have been 75 min
2/1 trip rigs
-Decent, but semi pointless with how our trips are built. You block 2.5 on a SCK turn and duty 5 hours and it doesn't help you.
4hr min pay overnights
-This should have been a straight trip rig. 4 (preferably 5) hour min pay PER DAY regardless.
Training Pay now 4 hours instead of $80
-This is decent
Look I get that our work rules are bad in many places, but I'm tired of hearing it's all pay and no work rules. There are indeed benefits beyond pay so this is not the same as our buy out to reject ALPA.
And that doesn't even touch on:
-Having to call after a RSV assignment for release while they have up to an hour to reassign you something. Thats not even 117 legal from what I can see. I set the brake I'm done FDP-wise.
-Dropped for IOE (ROE obligation) doesn't limit you to your original trip duty footprint nor can you just refuse it anymore.
-Positive contact is not spelled out very well and many are concerned it's too vague and no better than now.
-Base fleet transition is now a system wide bid rather than base first.
-Equipment lock language is contradictory.
This is just off the top of my head so far. The language is SUPER WEAK. For three years we've been promised a contract we can be proud of and that raises the bar. I'm sorry, but this TA as it stands is NOT that contract and why I'm a solid NO VOTE.