Originally Posted by
tedspal
I have read a few places that if Delta and Northwest merge there may be a new contract. I was wondering among those folks currently there if there have been any desire to make the short call reserve a longer call out time than 2 hours. I know that United, Continental, and American are all at least 3 hours. I live about 2 hours from New York no traffic, so without the short call being extended I would be stuck with a crash pad.
Any other concessions that you think may get made during a contract renegotiation?
Short call is not 2 hours. In NYC if they give you a min call out they ask you how soon you could reasonably expect to get to work. It could take 3+ hours in traffic, etc. They are very accomodating on this.