Sarcasm light on...
Can the company hold back Standby periods? Past precedent indicates they've always been dropped into open time.
Fly the contract, or is precedent a one way street?
56. OPEN TIME
A trip or base standby period which is or becomes unassigned for any reason.
25. A.6b.i
6. A pilot shall be provided access to the Company's computer systems and data in order to view:
a. all bid awards and trips.
b. information related to open time as follows:
i. in crew positions where the Company is using automated systems for
trip assignment and trading (currently DReAM and the automated trip
trade system), and such systems are functioning, all open time in the
current bid period (and in the next bid period after open time is
released) shall be visible in “real time,” except during periods when:
(a) the daily assignment process is taking place.
(b) the system(s) is paused to allow manual processing functions; or
(c) the system(s) affecting open time administration is not running
due to system maintenance, upgrades, etc.
ii. in crew positions where such automated system(s) is not functioning,
trip pairings more than 40.5 hours prior to showtime shall be visible to
pilots accessing the open time interface.
iii. a trip(s) may be frozen to allow assignment by CRS. When a trip is
frozen, it will be visible, but displayed in a manner indicating that it is
available only to CRS.
Last edited by Jake Speed; 01-02-2009 at 04:33 AM.