Originally Posted by
RightSide
Can someone walk me through a personal drop. I always get this confused. Under priority 1 if I want to drop multiple trips, do I go vertical or horizontal? Also, will it only work if all trips are dropped, or will it award one if it can't award the other? Finally, what is priority 2? Clearly I don't drop much, thanks for the help!
horizontal, all or none. If I have 4 trips to drop, it takes quite a few priorities to make sure I get every iteration down to just dropping a single trip. Seems like it wouldn't be that hard for it to just drop as many of the trips you list as possible. But it's on 2025, that kind of technology is decades away. 🤣
Originally Posted by
tennisguru
Not expanding the use of CNO is a huge issue for me in the next contract. It is a huge driver of my QOL when they mess up rotation and/or rest notifications and I get to stay home several extra days per month. The solution isn't to give PWA relief to the company - it's for the company to come into compliance with the current PWA langauge. If you don't like that pilots like myself know the ins and outs of the PWA and exercise every detail to our advantage, then take your complaints to the CPO and tell them to train crew schedulers better. Caving to the company's inability to do basic functions like notify pilots of assignments is something we should not be considering. Many other pilots other than reserve pilots benefit from scheduling's improper notifications when they get a GS or RR that pays a them a ton extra while the reserve pilot gets more days at home. And again, if that whole idea just grinds your gears, take it up with the company, not ALPA.
Werd! Its mind boggling that people want to give something up and/or trade for something just to get them to honor the contract. We've already seen how that worked with our current situation.