Originally Posted by
SoCalGuy
Lets see.....Stavala, Benton, Martin.....The list is long and distinguished just as the "Friends of Fred" are.
No matter how you cut it (pointing out the obvious), something is 'going on' with this bid other than just a reduction/mitigation. If it was just 'clear & cut' with no furloughs, I would have expected at least some comment (results, or otherwise) from the company or union by now. We are coming up on the 72hr mark since it closed.....silence
I guess the mantra of "No news, is good news" lives on.
PULLED FROM ANOTHER FORUM:
I have been advised by Flight Operations that in order to properly consider each RFL request, manpower planning needs an additional day to generate the bid results. Management had intended and was prepared to post the bid award by Thursday, Aug. 27, but told us that there may not be sufficient run time to include, by that date, the effects of the pilots requesting RFLs. *As a result, the bid results would have included only the COLA participants, providing an incomplete picture at best, only to be followed in a few days by the corrected results.
After consultation with the Scheduling Committee, I granted a one-day extension in order to make sure that the bid posting properly reflects all furlough mitigation efforts. *Given the importance of this bid to our pilot group and their families, this was the sensible course of action. In agreement with the Union, the Company will delay publishing the results of System Bid 10-08 until Friday, Aug. 28.
I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to those anxiously awaiting the bid results, but in the long run it is better to wait a day for accurate information than to have partial or inaccurate information on schedule.
Capt. Jay Pierce
CAL MEC Chairman
One Union, One Voice