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Old 02-06-2009 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Tuck
You keep the highest deadhead of the two trips. So if the first trip had 3 deadheads and the 2nd only two, you should keep the mid-trip on the first and the highest of the others. You won't keep all the bank money though - just the highest of each day. This isn't spelled out in the contract but this is how it's been done and Contract Enforcement at the Union agrees.


Tuck,
I don't believe you are correct. I've had this happen (except in reverse: original DH showed last day of bid month - that gets cnx and new DH show time is in next month). I kept both DH banks. The contract is actually quite specific about this:

8-C.2.a
A pilot shall have a deviation bank established for each bid period. The value of the deviation bank shall equal the value of the scheduled deadhead tickets for trips flown during the bid period plus the value of any scheduled deadheads for recurrent training. However, if a deadhead trip is changed or canceled by the company, the deadhead bank monies remain intact. A deadhead associated with a carryover trip shall be credited to the deviation bank for the bid period containing the showtime for the deadhead.

Maybe there's a scenario you've encountered where you get the higher of the DHs for a specific day, I don't know. In this case where a DH on a specific day is cancelled and replaced with a completely different DH on another day - you keep the $$ from both in your bank(s).

At least that's how I read the contract excerpt above and what has happened to me in this scenario. I can’t see how Contract Enforcement could see this any other way than it is spelled out. This appears to be at least one area of the contract with little to no “grey” and seems pretty clear.
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