Originally Posted by
El Peso
About the LCW +/- 7 hours making it possible to build a schedule to 93 hours 4 times a year? Yes you’re right. I didn’t mean to say it’s impossible. If I did I’ll take the L. I’m trying to say that’s not what our typical schedules are or will be like.
Also with respect to averages and many pilots having high time schedules like you at 88 hours. Well then for the averages to be in the 82 hour range, do you not concede that many pilots would also have to have low time schedules as well? To bring those averages down to 82, we obviously have many pilots with 75 hour lines as well. Why not mention those pilots? See you can be pretty hardline yourself. You claimed that our new RO was actually worse because you always used non mutual decline of RO to get out of it. 10 times as I recall. I have a hard time believing you have 10 NS on you record and have never heard from the flight office, but that’s just my suspicion.
And the idea that a high time line is bad, and low time line is good is totally subjective. You might want a low time line. That doesn't mean it’s what the next guy wants.
The low end of the LCW is 77hrs this month for most bid status's in the NB. Next year that will become 79hrs. That will be the minimum so in reality even if the number 1 person you will be seeing a line in the low 80's. Over half the pilots in each bid status will be above 86 hours. 50% above 86%. With LCW's being just shy of 91hrs (90:55 to be exact), I looked at the PBS awards and a sizable chunk of pilots (@25%) were getting 88 plus hour lines. 30%. Next year that becomes 90hrs and above with minimal ability to trade down or drop coupled with anemic sick accrual means this TA is a NO for me.
I know you hate the fact that your Yes vote is now canceled out.