Originally Posted by
Hedley
I’d agree. Line holders, myself included, are not willing to give up a single line holder protection to improve reserve. At the same time the company can’t get people to take upgrades under our current contract unless they improve reserve rules. I don’t think that FSB is going anywhere being that our line holder protections restrict the company more so than what occurs at our competitors, but rules ensuring transparency, defining how it is used, and sufficient add pay when it is used would be considered significant improvements by most. The company has to be able to staff short notice disruptions to operate. Without concessions from the line holders, some unpleasant aspects of reserve will remain, but they should be clearly defined and compensated accordingly.
Great Post..
For a while, many have been *****ing on here to "lose" Field Stand By. Something, (BTW) that both our own union (back during the Road Shows for our current UPA [UPA12]) and company said-
"We don't anticipate using it" HA!
But now with Delta VAS (Voluntary Airport Standby) being in play- lets review
United
Assigned (ie.. no choice UNLESS it's offered and you pick it up)
Does not pay UNTIL 3rd unused FSB/SC (ie, first 2 are free.. 3rd one won't pay either IF they use you!)
required to be at the airport for 4 hours.
Delta
Voluntary (if built) (to both Reserve and Lineholders!)
Pays 3hrs of pay/no credit on top of their ADG (our MDP?)
required to be at the airport for 6 hours.
Which one is better? well.. no brain'r, the Delta one!
But, where does that leave us?
I have stated I understand the reasoning behind FSB, just felt that IF you put your uniform on and IF you're forced to hang out at the airport for 4 hours- you should get 1 hour of ADD Pay.
Now.. my minimum has changed~
2+ hours Pay, 4 hours max, Voluntary like Delta>
Lets see what the company thinks, and what our union does. At the end, we will all have a vote on this issue along with dozens of others!
Motch