Originally Posted by
Dave Fitzgerald
I believe the points made were as examples of why the system is not a very good one. Why does it take so long? Because the vendor and UAL are too cheap to improve the system. That won't happen till we make it a priority at ALPA.
Schedules so late in the month are a very real problem. One that should be addressed along with not honoring seniority and others. I for one am not willing to just sit and accept a sub standard product.
Along with these problems, the PBS gurus seem to be drinking the koolaid. They essentially say that this is the way the system works, suck it up and learn the system. It should not be working this way. I have learned the system. When you finally figure out how it works, you way to yourself, why in the world did we accept this POS?
The date is negotiated. And it is earlier then we used to get under C2000 and using traditional line building.
20-B-1-c – Preferencing will close not later than the 18th of the month prior to the subject month, unless a later date is established by mutual agreement with the System Schedule Committee. Lineholder awards will be published by the 20th or the end of the 2nd day after closing, whichever is later, and secondary lines and reserve lines will be published by the 24th, or the end of the 6th day after closing, whichever is later.
And recall that under C2000 you could only be awarded a max of 81 hours (83 in a flex month) and also had a BANK for anything over 85 credit hours. So your monthly take home pay was capped at 85 hours a month.
How many of our pilots would like to go back to that line building?