Originally Posted by
captive apple
What negotiating capital? This is not industry standard. Shouldn’t take much at all. I can’t think of another regional that uses line holders (borrowers in your case) as permanent reserves.
It is definitely industry standard. Now if you want to get some extra money for the reroute/displacement/25.i reassignment you can negotiate that. Some carriers have extra pay for reroutes, some do not. Certainly in the last few years, as management has figured out how to optimize schedules, pilots have pushed back with soft pay to make it worth their while.
Now maybe that's what you're getting at, and that's fine, but acting like pilots bought tickets to ride in the back of the plane and it's schedule or bust was not the norm. Some airlines, including regionals, tried very hard to create that, but it never really works and reserve levels shoot through the roof. So if you've got 200 captains and 40 reserve you can count on 100-120 pilot extra on reserve, which really means 100 less lineholders. The edv/mesaba contract has always been about days off at home and as many lineholders as possible.
Do what you want, it's your contract, just be careful how you push the levers.