Originally Posted by
purpledog
Maybe I'm missing something. With a BLG reduction won't we just go to work a day or two less a month? The lines will be built with less trips, correct? A little more time with the family, who cares.
We wish. Could very well be same days, more flying, with less pay. 15/19 days at oh, say 5 hrs/day vs. 6 now. Or less than that on reserve.
Mostly due to the optimizer, but the company hasn't mentioned that so far. They are blaming everything else.
The problem with reducing BLG is it's like a tax increase: once it's in place, you'll play hell trying to get it removed! Remember, there used to be a day around here where 7 hrs/day was the norm.
It sure would be nice to be getting SOME leadership from ALPA other than "we're too busy churning out paperwork for national to worry about our own guys."