Originally Posted by
nakazawa
I would be fearful now of what our ALPA leadership is considering to mitigate any reduction in force. The first answer should be NO. Besides accounting for all the hours now in our pairings - especially the MD-11 RFO and long range flights (over 8 hours), limiting carry-over, and narrowing the split temporarily from 13 (between low and high BLG) back to 8:30, or even less would certainly help. Or, as I eluded to earlier, start complying with the CBA.
The game will soon be afoot.
Don't expect the 13 hr split to go away
Last edited by Gunter; 11-22-2008 at 08:26 AM.