Originally Posted by
Dorn
Thats not what I said and I don't like what you are implying.
I specifically said I don't want credit removed for pay purposes but if the system looked at my rotations flight time I would be able to pick up more trips. I don't want credit removed. Im at 86-ish hours of credit yet I'm not flying anywhere near that in actual flight time. So, if you think having me willingly pick up another 15 or so hours of flight time is somehow destroying the industry so we can simply just have bodies on the seniority list for the sake of having more bodies on the seniority list than you and I see things rather differently regarding how business operates efficiently. Adequate staffing is critical but just having more people on the list is not cost effective and actually hurts us. Workers comp, insurance, medicare, social security etc. are all costs an employer has to take on for every employee. So while I'm all for adequate staffing don't tell me that if I want to work a little more that I can't so we can simply hire more people.
Any chance you're new to the industry?
You don't seem to grasp what jobs loss means. It's not just adding people behind you. It's needing fewer WB captains too (I'm making an educated guess you aren't yet a widebody captain...I could be wrong).
You know all those retirements that you're expecting, and all that upward movement you see on the near horizon? Productivity concessions like those you're proposing will delay and slow your own movement into those slots. Depending on the severity of the productivity concession, the company could replace 100 retiring pilots with only 90 pilots AEing into those jobs. See how that works?
If you're busting your budget on 86 hours per month, you might just be living above your means. Maybe think about a different side job instead of diluting the rest of ours? If it's not about the money and you just want to fly more, maybe you could jump seat some place exotic?
So I'm not telling you can't fly more "so we can hire more people." And I can't tell you how to vote. I encourage you to chat with your reps and let them know how you feel - we do better as a union when folks communicate their wishes up the chain. But please do some deeper thinking about how the changes you seek will affect you now, your long-term future, and the future of your union brethren. There are reasons the hard cap (75 hours?) of old was a good thing... that wasn't just to have more bubbas at our PUB events.
If you want Delta to be more efficient and only pay you 86 hours for actually flying them, you'll find unlimited friendship on the 4th floor!