Originally Posted by
Baradium
We were trying to talk about different things. My point is simply that TDYs as a whole aren't necessarily all that bad, it just depends on how the contract is written. I'm not arguing for TDYs as currently written in the contract, just saying that we could get them changed in a way that made for a good deal for us and one that cost the company enough to not use them much at all.
An important thing about TDY rules in the contract is to limit them in a way that they can't be regularly done to the same places. IE, you can't just have a TDY of 777 pilots to DTW every spring from any base. If done correctly, I see the biggest use of the TDYs as allowing staffing changes that need to be done quickly while waiting for the AE process to provide the permanent pilots.
You haven't ticked me off, sorry if I came across that way. I was just tired and posting before going to sleep.
I understand what you’re saying. I’m VERY skeptical it can be done in any way that would make it a win/win.
I know it’s a whole different topic but if the company was that concerned with staffing changes that they need to use TDY to cover a base until an AE, then something is wrong. They need to put out a TDY bid 2 months before it becomes active. If the company is that concerned, they should negotiate a monthly AE process like NW had. (I don’t know how it worked but it was monthly)
Alls Good!
Denny