Originally Posted by
rahc
The reason that I don't like this (if I'm understanding your idea) is that the pilot that drops the trip loses flexibility.
In your example, what if "pilot A" wants to still fly (get paid) 80 hrs? He may be dropping the trip because he needs a specific day off, whereas he'd pick up something later in the month. If he has that 15 hr shadow additive, he wouldn't be able to get back up to 80 hrs in your example (as far as open time pickup.)
rahc,
That is the whole point - to enforce the max P/U which is currently being easily circumvented. If the max P/U is 90 in a given month the above mechanism would limit the total of two Pilots to 180.
With a strict maximum P/U like the current open time the Pilots in my example would not be able to swap at all. What I am proposing would give the dropping Pilot the flexibility to drop a trip - knowing he would not be able to make it up because the Pilot that he is swapping with is exceeding the max P/U.
The idea here is that 14,000+ flying at or above the cap is bad for all because it reduces the number of Pilots needed in each category. Guys flying more at straight pay is exactly what the company would like.
I am not particularly sold on the idea since we are basically hiring at capacity but the issue of Pilot productivity and concessions is a recurring topic so I thought I would put it out for discussion.
Scoop