Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
Now that we're kind of on the same page, I was responding to possibledeviation who said (paraphrasing) the he had dropped everything and sat for premium, and said "if he can do it, everyone can do it". So you see, we have a disconnect. He dropped his whole line, and sat the month waiting for X/Y. But everyone CANNOT do that, after approximately 10-20% of the lienholders tried to do that, maybe less, the grids would all go red. So he's wrong, everyone CANNOT do that, and that was the discussion you walked into telling me I was wrong.
Yes. Again, everyone dropping to zero at the same time is a hypothetical situation that doesn't happen in reality. So, it's kind of pointless to talk about. But, I briefly explained what would happen in that scenario (ie: everyone would get lots of 200% pay).
Possibledeviation is correct in that everyone DOES have the option to drop trips and sit on the X/Y list. That's the beauty of it. Do it when you want if you are flexible with time and money. DTZ and the red/green rules make it work as a symbiotic package.
Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
For me, RED/GREEN is mandatory, and DT40-50 is also high on my list. Full ZERO is fine, if we can get it, but many other priorities fall higher on the list than full pure ZERO. Your list can look different, that's ok.
We already have full DTZ. It's arbitrated and won, rock solid, tested in the courts contract language. You don't give hard fought language like that up. Especially given the effort and sacrifices our predecessors put into creating and litigating for it. They set an industry leading standard for work rules.