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Airfix
I’m not sure what to make of all this. Hopefully the road shows have some more of the logic behind why we should accept this TA. I know discussing this on a public forum is probably not appropriate prior to the road shows but I just can’t help myself. It seems nobody uses the ALAPA MAG forum.
Anyway for those who have read the TA on the ALPA website:
What do you make of having to check in for our trip no sooner than 24 hours prior and no later than 2 hours prior? I know a lot of my commuter flights don’t arrive until 2 hours prior to my show time.
I’m not totally thrilled on the language regarding pairing construction. It says that the company will build pairings to maximize pilot’s flight time for a given period. That really doesn’t mean anything. The way to for the company to build efficient lines of time is to put a guarantee that we will get paid a minimum of say 4 hours for each day we show for duty.
It also states there will be 2 ALPA scheduling committee members will be able to participate in the pairing construction process. Is this different to what we have now?
I’m very skeptical of the PBS system and how Mesa will manage it. For me PBS should be about making our schedules as flexible as possible. Any time I’ve tried to FLICA something it gets denied for insufficient reserve coverage. How will this be different in the PBS system and I’m talking about switching a trip for another trip on completely different days, not just picking up stuff on my days off or swapping flights on days I am already scheduled to fly? That would be true schedule flexibility.
I also noticed they have taken away the ability to pick up or trade trips out of our domicile. I never had it happen but always liked the idea that I could pick up flying or swap trips with a domicile closer to my home.
BTW the 11 days off is per calendar month.
Check in 2-24 hours prior!?!? BE CAREFUL! If you have to be on a company network (ie physivally at the airport), then you will basically be getting two hours of ready-reserve at the start off each trip!
If you're a commuter, you don't want to check in from home, cuz if you don't make your flight, guess what? You LIED, and they can fire you for that!
You are dead-on about the pairing construction...without PRECISE language, words like "maximize" are meaningless...sounds like a synonym for "to the extent possible".
PBS is worrse than useless without absolute control of system parameters by way of contract language. The auto drop feature will only work if you have language requiring a certain reserve coverage.
Soundds like another winner from MAG ALPA
