Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
DTZ and reserve rules are NOT the same provision of the contract, nor are they directly related. You, as a lineholder, benefit from the bad reserve rules, but that doesn't make them connected from the standpoint of the contract. You can die on the DTZ hill, I don't care where you die. And the point is, maybe we all decide to keep DTZ, not my fight, but perfectly fine with that outcome. But, what you don't understand is, we will be keeping the ability for reserves to drop and swap days. That's not going away. What happened to keeping the best from both contracts??? It is entirely possible to keep DTZ and RSV schedule flexibility. You just don't want to, because you want your QOL/money at the expense of others. Classic pilot pulling up the ladder behind them.
Either way, die wherever you want. RSVs will be keeping their ability to drop and swap.
So much to unpack, but I’ll keep it short.
1) Reserve rules, grid rules, and DTZ go together. Not under the same provision under the CBA, but affects how DTZ to utilized. This was explained by me in details in one of the threads in the JB forum.
2) I’ve said that we have senior folks bidding reserve too because they won’t get called, but you won’t acknowledge that statement.
3) According to you, my regional was more professional than NK because said regional had very similar reserve rules to JB. You know who got to drop/swap/add, very few people because it was a free for all between reserves and lineholders. Having been there and done that, I’m not interested. Language will be VERY important in whatever we get.
4) Before you get your panties in a bunch again, I’ll say that if we can make DTZ work with good reserve rules that make sense, I’m all for it. This is something I’ve stated 5 pages back, but you enjoy arguing in between flights.