Originally Posted by
TP199
Just from looking at the email ALPA sent out with he highlights, i will be voting no. we didnt get ANYTHING in return if we give then pbs. I need a SkyWest guy to correct me if i'm wrong, but i believe they get 35 hours of virtual credit for vacation. we get 24.5 with an option for 4 more. With opentime, some of the crappiest contracts in history allowed you to pick up or drop partial trips. this would would cost the company $0 dollars to implement, they just didnt want to give us the satisfaction. and extending the contract by an extra year is a definite no go. there are so many areas that need patched, i dont want drag it out for a another year.
things i would like to see in the PBS TA:
equal or greater value for vacation as skywest, at least some changes to the reserve system(the big one being that they can not move your off days), min day credit of 4.0, an increase in min days off for line holders and reserves, maybe even a little pay raise, opentime pickups credited on top of 75(even if the line you are awarded is only 65 hours).
I could go on forever. dont give up more QOL for a 1% raise in 2010. i dont see how we are getting anything in return for our sacrifice. and dont vote yes because you think its inevitable that pbs is coming. dont vote yes because john pennecamp says we are going to "grow like crazy". those words alone should be a red flag. we were suppose to "grow like crazy" after we signed the ta in 2007, but the facts are that asa has not grown for 10 years, so dont think for a second that voting this in will change anything.
I Agree, so far I see nothing we are getting in return that even comes close to the loss of qol for taking pbs. Fix the open time? Big deal we could fix that in the next contract. And what open time with pbs, don't forget that is what pbs does it eliminates most open time. Forget about improving your line or building it up to 95 hours unless your very senior. And just like the used car salesman telling you "better act now I have another guy with a deposit on this car" the company telling us we will grow like crazy is a joke. But hey they already have John P. spreading the word! Now a clause with guaranteed flying is something to look at but a rumor, Please. All I see so far is working more days per year/shorter vacations, less pay buy not being able to build up my line, less control over my schedule/overnights.