Originally Posted by
Biffsteritis
The chairman of scheduling is pushing hard for passing this TA. Yet, when pressed, he doesn’t seem to have any clear understanding of PBS. Only that we have “preserved our industry leading work rules.” When asked about the unstacking of trips and the preservation of seniority he states, “trips will be unstacked at a rate of up to 50% during the holidays and 30% during normal months.”
Unfortunately, this information can’t be found in our TA. The only thing we know from the TA is he following:
We lose MOT.
The loss of MOT is one of two clearly defined line items regarding pbs. The other provision is that PBS will build lines until only 4% of pairings remain.
Why? If we are keeping our industry leading scheduling provisions why can’t we keep MOT?
If PBS is going to fill up my schedule with trips that I don’t want as it unstacks to the 4%, why can’t we drop or swap into MOT? The benefit of MOT is that drops are not subjective to reserve coverage. With PBS we will be unable to drop trip as easily as before.
We lose vacation days. Our min days off are reduced, see chart in TA, based on known abscences including our vacation days. Our two buffer days count towards those days off and go unpaid.
Why are we voting for a PBS system that our own scheduling committee does not understand?
Did you go to a roadshow? All these questions were addressed.
MOT goes away because there are no more post award conflicts. That is largely what seeds MOT. We will go straight to DOT, which btw also does not look at reserve coverage for drops. Do you even work at Frontier, cause your understanding of the current contract is also underwhelming.
Unstacks to 4%??? WTF are you talking about? 4% OT is important so pilot’s preferences ARE honored in the line build solution. If the number is too low, the solver WILL start forcing flying into the schedules of pilots that don’t want it. 4% OT remaining after the build is a good thing.
We don’t lose days off. The known absence chart gets you to your minimum days off for the month. You can still bid to have 20+ days off in a row if your seniority will allow, just like today. Vacation is actually more valuable under PBS than it is today, albeit a very small amount. The inviolate days can be taken with or without credit. It is the pilot’s choice.
Unstacking limits will be negotiated by the JPWG. They will be the same as DL, B6, NK an HA, but they haven’t been decided yet. That is why the PBS LOA is so important.
I honestly don’t understand why you continuously come on this site and post things that are totally false. You clearly either haven’t read the TA, don’t understand the TA or are just trolling. I understand that you are unhappy with the TA, but don’t you think people should be able to make their decision based on fact instead of rhetoric and BS?
Who is the “chairman of scheduling” that you are referring to?