Originally Posted by Mattio

One of the first things I looked up in the TA is if they fixed the AM/PM bidding for reserves. They now have 4 "silos" that can be bid for with seniority



Silo RAP start window

(Base local time)

A 01:00-06:59

B 07:00-11:59

C 12:00-16:59

D 17:00-22:00



HOWEVER, it also states: "RAP start times within a silo shall be awarded in seniority order beginning with the earliest RAP start time."



It appears that people with the earlier RAP start times would still get called first for short call-outs and, thus, the most senior guy within the silo is the guy to get called first! (legality permitting)



This is something I harped on in every survey. I can't see a benefit for the company in having it written this way, so why on earth was this not fixed??



Also, I don't see any language on how the required numbers for each silo should be determined. They wouldn't be able to give us a RAP start time before 1000 on the first day but you could still have 5 days of reserve left and they put you on a RAP with a start time of 0300 while everyone with less days start later than you (and you frequently get an early assignment in this situation.)



I find it hard to keep reading the TA after seeing the highlights and seeing this. That, and the pay cut I'll take initially with losing PTO sellback (E190). I'm still going to try to read the whole thing but I dunno....