Originally Posted by
TED74
The only offer made public was an uneven ALV reduction of UP TO 15 hours (could be 0 or 1), applied non-uniformly across categories. It was also to sunset in a year. The only way that plays out is with the company minimizing expenditures and jobs; the corollary would be the optimizer we've all gotten to know and love. Any actual benefit of an across-the-board and/or permanent ALV reduction (more jobs, better long-term QOL) would be completely negated under that model.
This is what the Council 20 update said from March:
Instead we were told we hadn't done our part (we were first to offer and sign a deal), and the Company came to us with LOA language that would have reduced the ALV by 20%... and what's the best part? With no SILs, there are going to be a LOT of pilots on reserve. BUT the reserve guarantee is based on the ALV, so while line holders (what remaining there are) would have short lines, but at least work less, the Company offered NO reduction in reserve days or short calls. Same work for 20% less...same on call days, same short call numbers. For a LOT of people. Best part? We had to sign by Friday. Oh, yea, that's not even including the stiff arm on Section 6 for 11 months and the MBCBP for 18 months.
So reserve pilots working the same number of days for less pay was in the offer from the company back in March.