Originally Posted by
Andy
That minimum (50 hrs) has been around for a very long time - going back to at least C2003 IIRC. In the current contract, C2013, you'll find it listed in 20-P-1-h. The reason why you haven't seen it enforced until recently is because in the left column next to 20-P, it states: Full Implementation TBD by the JIT. Looks like they've now implemented the section below.
You could probably drop below 50 hrs with scheduling or Chief Pilot office coordination.
20-P-1-h Without Company concurrence, a schedule modification request shall be denied if
it causes the sum of the Lineholder’s Flying Hours and Nonflying Hours, as defined in
Section 5-B-2-b, to be below fifty (50) hours.
Thanks for filling in the extra details I left out. I knew it was agreed upon just hoped the day didn’t come for full implementation. Amazing timing just as we gear up for negotiations might I add.
Out of curiosity have they addressed the awful programming yet for guys trying trade their high credit trips for the same trip just on a different day?
I recall hearing pilot A trying to trade his 28 hour Sydney trip on the 3rd for Pilot B’s Sydney on the 4th. The system was denying the trade because it saw pilot A’s credit dropping below 50 hours and did not take into account pilot A wouls be getting 28 hours right back from pilot B’s trade.