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1. We already have limitations on 1,2,3,4 days in the CBA. Section 9H.4. Pretty straight forward.
2. Your regional probably worked for a network carrier. A lot easier to build pairings when intentionally bank flights. Trips probably are not as good but that is because of the nature of the network.
3, SWAPA could build pairings but like I said, in its current form, not much would change.
4. If you believe the Chiefs, then hey, have at it. When things don’t work out like displacements, bragging about sick calls because your commute sucks, don’t even ask for the rep. Since they have your best interests. SWAPA seems not have your interests at heart.
5. Just keep emailing crew planning and maybe they will implement all these ideas you have. Maybe even the chiefs can help. Maybe start your own scheduling committee. Call it the DEN scheduling committee. Subset of SRC. Maybe should email the chiefs to see what they think. SWAPA won’t even have to negotiate it. Kinda like a handshake. You know the company is a honest broker.
sarcasm off now. Nothing will change unless it's written in the CBA. You can criticize SWAPA for implementation time lines, which is legit but nothing in scheduling will change until put in writing. Any slight changes to scheduling can have a pretty big effect on QOL. Those need to be tested. Look at APL. Small change like that had a some effect across the board.
My ideas are just that....ideas to make QOL better. Sure there's network constraints with 4k flights a day and 13 bases....we shouldn't shrug and say, "looks like this is the best we can do". Company has to work within the CBA, so let's make it better. Friends on the SRC say we should be building our trips. We used to have 17 day off lines that paid over 100. Now you got 17 day off lines that pay 90-95....and block is high with short overnights. And then the company wonders why sick calls are going through the roof with crappy pairings and displacements. The company's goal should be to have trips people want in order to minimize rsv usage/POT. Do people want a 4 day that flies 4 legs a day/credits 32 and blocks 28 with 13 hr overnights every night (or a trip rigged 4 days that wastes your time for 26)? Or do people want 3 days that have 2-3 leg days with 18 hr overnights and credit 21? If they want to burn millions in POT/VDT....I'm not gonna stop them. Having a crappy QOL isn't on my To Do list either with kids in HS and I won't miss family things anymore because the company doesn't care about pilot QOL....that's not bragging, that's reality (no, I shouldn't have to downgrade and lose $200k just to watch my kid's sports games or see them graduate). Call it a PTO bank instead of sick if it makes you feel better....I'll use contractually earned benefits to my advantage if they want to use vague contract language to theirs.