Originally Posted by
BobZ
Not ulterior motives. Just dont be disappointed the expected behaviorial changes arent realized.
Like i said...advocate for the override if you want. Just dont try and blow everbodys skirt up its for some motive other than $$ or getting something you selfishly want that you cant get now.
Nothing wrong with self interest.
Logic? If there wer no holiday gs or 1.5 pay....how many senior bidders are working holidays? Ya...probably zero.
Senior bidders are going to bid holidays off in any case. Its simple.
Your hope is senior bidders will bid a holiday trip at 1.5 to get you something you cant get now. senior bidders dont have to rely on holidays to acess premium.
We are not JB. 1.5 for gs has been tried in the past. Guess what? Lot less pilots answered the fone.
You’re deliberately or accidentally conflating holiday pay with the gs system. No one is advocating a change to gs system, just adding a holiday pay override that may coax a few senior pilots who would prefer the guaranteed money the chance to bid a trip over the holiday instead of praying for a gs on holidays.
I work in a wb category and I am positive that senior pilots in my category (most well in their 60s and don’t cherish the holiday day as much) would jump on the opportunity to bid for an override trip in pbs.
BTW every holiday I notice that when the gs starts to flow, like always they go uber senior, that’s great, they’ve earned it. Seniority wins the day in pbs as well so nobody is abrogating your station except to allow those who want to bid for those trips.
We are not JB, does that mean we are not allowed to improve our contract based on best practices and QOL for pilots because someone else thought of it or implemented it first?
The fact that JB has it and our FAs have it etc shows that it is obviously beneficial to both the pilots and the company.