Originally Posted by
TankerDriver
Their argument for a lot of stuff was, "Be careful what you wish for.". Like the extra day off for reserves argument. Apparently Delta and United don't have an 85 hr max limit on reserves. They use FAR max. Our 85 hr max essentially means we can't be used more than 16 days per month, so we're already getting at least 14-15 days off. Of course those are days that can't be pre-bid, but they are days off in the end. There were numerous items that were worse than what we have at DAL and UAL and the company said, OK, you can have that, but then you get all of DAL/UAL's contract and not just the good parts. I am not defending APA and will be one of the first in line to vote for ALPA when and if that time comes.
Sorry to invade your forum just watching from the sidelines and wanted to correct some info in here. At DAL reserve pilots are limited to Average Line Value (ALV) +15 hours. ALV changes month to month but must fall between 72-84 hours for narrow body aircraft which for us includes the 767-300 and 71-85 hours for wide body aircraft. Most summer months see ALVs around 80 and winter months in the low-mid 70s.