Originally Posted by
Schwanker
Being released for OE is a great benny in our contract. Management wanted to get rid of it and have those released available for recovery flying. ALPA caved on this and other big items (profit sharing) in TA 1 that got voted down.
Could it be management wants to water this benny down to frustrate us in an effort to get rid of it this time around?
TA 1 contained a provision that allowed the company to withhold 75% of the anticipate OE flying from the PBS award process and assign it to check airman. There was no requirement to sit recovery. TA 2 modified this to a far less onerous ability for the company to pull rotations from open time but only after PBS awards.