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- A pilot shall have the following minimum bid period guarantee, except as provided in Section 4.A.2. through A.5.:
- 68 CH in a 4-week bid period.
- 85 CH in a 5-week bid period.
- Change to Minimum Bid Period Guarantee
- A pilot's minimum bid period guarantee shall be reduced by the net number of CH by which the pilot's actual credit hour compensation for a bid period is less than his BLG/RLG as a result of activities being dropped from his awarded line with reduced pay or without pay.
Examples of reduced pay include: trips dropped and trip traded down to a lesser value.
Examples of trips dropped without pay include: pilot requested drops, phase-in conflict, transition to inactive pay status, emergency drop and disciplinary suspension.
- The minimum bid period guarantee shall be reduced to a minimum of 48/60 CH before any pilot is furloughed. At least a full bid period must follow the announcement of this action. This provision shall only be used to prevent or delay a furlough.
Unless the company decides to blow off the CBA or we negotiate a side letter. There is no way the company can reduce the BLG 30%.
I just checked the T.A. language, that was issued for August 26, 2006.
Regarding SECTION 4, 2 B. The previous CBA had us at 72 hours minimum bid period guarantee before a pilot furlough, and now it sits at 48/60.
WHY would this have been negotiated down in this manner and WHY did our negotiators give this plum back to the Company ??? I suspect this and other areas or our CBA that have been causing some eye brow raising, are the price paid for an AGENCY SHOP agreement with the Company.