Originally Posted by
webecheck
.... to your comment about why you shouldn't have to waive anything, well you don't. You're below the line and based on our contract you are not guaranteed a line. It's simple. The solution is saying I have some set of trips I can group together and form one more line if someone wants it, but you gotta waive some contract protections. I guess your argument is I'm the first guy below the line and I'm not waiving, so all you junior pilots below me shouldn't have the scraps I don't want. Gmafb.
The bold line is exactly the issue.
IF you are below the G Line, you are not guaranteed a line.
But IF there is enough flying left to make a line, it needs to go via Seniority. If it can't honor seniority, then put it in open time.
As someone who waives on a regular basis (as I live in base and am fine with 1 day off between workblocks), I understand that waiving is an individual choice that is offered by the contract. But just because someone does or doesn't waive, it shouldn't trump (ouch) seniority.
As you mentioned.. its part of our Contract. So let's discuss the merits of our contract with regards to how our PBS system is utilized.
Originally Posted by
webecheck
As for months with carry in credit, if the solution says I have a couple trips left I can hand out to someone with carry in that matches my constraints, why are you against your junior union brothers getting those? Since you have no carry in, the solution can't produce you a line. The contract allows the company to have this bidding system, and this bidding system can at least make one more person's schedule better... But you don't want that guy to have it? Come on man.
Again, it's not about junior "union" brothers (and sisters) getting a line. It's about honoring seniority.
That 'junior' pilot should understand that there is something wrong with our system when someone senior to him/her didn't get a line while they did.. all because of 'constraint/completion mode'.
Guess you are fine with someone below you getting a line while you get reserve. I am not.
If the system couldn't build me (or you) a line with the remaining trips there are two options-
1) Give us all the trips that DO fit in our schedule and pay us MPG.
B) [This is thinking outside of the box] Give us all the trips that DO fit in our schedule and then put a few Res Days in where needed to 'make' a legal line.
If it doesn't want to do that, then throw all those trips into open time. Helps with Seniority Trip Trading (more trips for trading) and the trips will still be covered as we would actually have a handful more reserve.
Keep in mind, the reserve who didn't get a line now will still be able to do aggressive pickup the day prior..
Originally Posted by
webecheck
As far as leaving more trips in the pool, that would be great, but there will always be one more person who may benefit because someone above the line will bid reserve, and thus someone below will get a line. In my 4 years here I have come to realize the problem is not this pbs system.
Of course there will be someone who benefits from having a line built. That person should be the most senior person below the G Line.
Honor Seniority.
I am mid pack in my BES. I have learned how to bid by learning from my past mistakes. That being said, knowing your 'bidding power' is key.
But the problem IS this PBS system and how we are awarded our lines.
When a junior person gets something a senior person requested.. but wasn't awarded because that would have prevented the junior person from getting a line, there is an issue.
This "constraint" isn't just a reserve/lineholder issue.. it affects everyone.
We are coming to 2 years of contract negotiations. Things will most likely start getting worse sometime next year. There are (probably) 9000 pilots who will not see a pay raise next year.
You (probably) will since you mentioned that you've been here 5 years (I believe).. you will see a longevity pay raise in 2020. Along with every other Post Merger New Hire.
Seniority is what the airline industry is all about.
PBS does not (always) honor seniority.
That is an issue to be discussed and fixed.
FS, FP & FtC
Always
Motch